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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

moved Amendment No. 112: After Clause 22, insert the following new clause- ““LIMITATION OF ORDER-MAKING POWERS Part 1 of this Act shall cease to have effect at the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which it is brought into force.”” The noble Baroness said: If the Government will not accept any of the constitutional safeguards in the amendments tabled, we propose that they consider a sunset clause. Powers in the Bill must go beyond the 2001 Act. That has formed the basis of the Government’s position on this Bill throughout. Parliament needs to see how these powers have been used. If it transpires that the Bill has had as little effect as the 2001 Act, we must consider whether we should return to that Act as the default position. To do otherwise would leave on the statute book extremely wide, unnecessary powers. I beg to move.