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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

My Amendment No. 25in this group was prompted by the report fromthe Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. It conceded that it did not regard sub-delegation as inappropriate, but at paragraph 35 it argued, "““that the bill should specify the categories of person …who, in addition to Ministers, could by order be empowered to legislate””." My amendment was designed to address that. To some extent, it is now superseded by government Amendment No. 65, but my amendment would limit it to new subsection (A1)(a) and (b). I share my noble friend’s concern about the inclusion of paragraph (c), which extends it to, "““a body which, or the holder of an office which, is created by the order””." To some extent that seems to get around the provision that we are seeking to limit. It seems almost to negate the purpose of bringing this provision forward. While I welcome the move forward that this represents in responding to the report of the Delegate Powers Committee, it would be better if subsection (A1)(c) was not included.