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Written statement made by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2016 in the House of Lords, on behalf of the Leader of the House of Lords.

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 said in my Statement on 17 November (HL Deb 17 November 2016, cols 1538-9), although the Government found Lord Strathclyde’s analysis to be compelling, and though 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
HLWS294 
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Strathclyde Response
Related items
House of Lords: Strathclyde Review
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Strathclyde Review
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
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