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Written statement made by David Lidington (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2016 in the House of Commons, on behalf of the Leader of the House of Commons.

Government Response to the Strathclyde Review

On 27 October 2015 the Government commissioned Lord Strathclyde to lead a review into secondary legislation and the primacy of the House of Commons. Lord Strathclyde published his report on 17 December 2015. The Government has today published its response to the Review and the four related parliamentary Select Committee reports, ​a copy of which is attached. As I informed the House at Business Questions on the 17 November 2016 (Official Report, column 395 to 396), although the Government found Lord Strathclyde’s analysis compelling and we are determined that the ​principle of the supremacy of the elected House should be upheld, we have no plans to introduce new primary legislation at this time.

Secondary information

Type
Written statement
Reference
HCWS304 
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Government Response to the Strathclyde Review
Related items
Strathclyde Review
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Business of the House
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
Government Response to the Strathclyde Review: Secondary legislation and the primacy of the House of Commons; the Eighth Report from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Session 2015-16, on The Strathclyde Review: Statutory Instruments and the power of the House of Lords; the Thirty-second Report from the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, Session 2015-16, on Response to the Strathclyde Review: Effective parliamentary scrutiny of secondary legislation; the Ninth Report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, Session 2015-16, on Delegated Legislation and Parliament: A response to the Strathclyde Review; and the Twenty-fifth Report from the House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Session 2015-16, on the Special Report: Response to the Strathclyde Review
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Subjects
Legislative process House of Lords House of Commons Powers Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny Government responses Constitution Committee Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee Statutory instruments Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Strathclyde Review
Link
View this Written statement on www.parliament.uk