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Debate on select committee report on Wednesday, 29 November 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Filkin. The answering member was Lord Henley.


Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee: Secondary Legislation

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on the Management of Secondary Legislation (HL 149 2005-06). Agreed to on question.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
687 c805-40 
Session
2006-07
Department
Cabinet Office
Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Viscount Colville of Culross | 687 c817-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall just say briefly to the noble Lord, Lord Methuen, that I am not going to resurrect...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 687 c817 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, but I am at fault and in error.
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Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 687 c821-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I take part in this debate, although I do not plan to speak...
Viscount Eccles | 687 c820-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some 18 months on the Merits Committee provided a chance to reflect not only on process bu...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 687 c825-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Methuen, for barging in ahead of him. That was an exam...
Lord Jopling | 687 c823-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have worked man and boy in this building for 42 years and I spent a great many of them d...
Baroness Maddock | 687 c827-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to be able to take part in this debate, which was so ably introduced by our c...
Lord Henley | 687 c829-32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many years ago I was asked by the then government Chief Whip, my noble friend Lord Denham,...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 687 c832-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Filkin for introducing his report, and for the very construct...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 687 c835 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is there not already one Minister who is responsible for the co-ordination of policy acros...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 687 c835-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the point and it is something I intend to address. In the December 2004 Pre-...
Lord Jopling | 687 c835 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has said that the report suggests that one person should be in charge over th...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 687 c835 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of course the Prime Minister takes the lead in those matters, but as I am sure the noble L...
Lord Filkin | 687 c840 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his response. He knows, as I do, that the trouble with being a...
Lord Filkin | 687 c805-11 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Commit...
Viscount Colville of Culross | 687 c817 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must say that I thought I was next, but if the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, wishes to inter...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 687 c817 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord will forgive me but, so far as I am aware, he is not included i...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 687 c817 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, not having been involved or having any great expertise in this area, I hope that the House...
Lord Methuen | 687 c815-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome this debate on the report the Merits Committee on the management of secondary le...
Lord Norton of Louth | 687 c811-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasureto follow the noble Lord, Lord Filkin, and to congratulate him and other m...
Subjects
Delegated legislation Legislative process House of Lords EU law Legislative drafting Parliamentary scrutiny Public participation Regulation Statutory instruments
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