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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Of course, the Minister’s judgment is debated by Parliament as part of the process in the Bill. His judgment is not the end of the process. The Government are firmly of the opinion that the right balance is the one that the UK has adopted in the past: that is, it is for Ministers and Parliament to judge whether an order makes provision of constitutional significance. If amendment (a) were included in the Bill, on the other hand, judges could override both Ministers and Parliament about whether an order is of constitutional importance. As someone in the other place put it, that would"““elevate judicial accountability over political accountability.””—[Official Report, House of Lords, 3 July 2006; Vol. 684, c. 21.]" We do not want to go down that road.