My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Filkin, for his years of hard work as Merits Committee chairman, and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, on his recent appointment as chairman. I also thank the Merits Committee for the report on post-implementation reviews, and I thank noble Lords for...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Filkin, for his years of hard work as Merits Committee chairman, and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, on his recent appointment as chairman. I also thank the Merits Committee for the report on post-implementation reviews, and I thank noble Lords for...

My Lords, I very much welcome this report from the Merits Committee. I am a member of the committee but I was not at the time this report was produced. Rather, my interest stems from my period as chairman of the Constitution Committee when we produced the report Parliament and...

My Lords, I very much welcome this report from the Merits Committee. I am a member of the committee but I was not at the time this report was produced. Rather, my interest stems from my period as chairman of the Constitution Committee when we produced the report Parliament and...

That the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on What Happened Next? A Study of Post-implementation Reviews of Secondary Legislation. (30th Report, Session 2008–09, HL Paper 180). That the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on...

That the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on What Happened Next? A Study of Post-implementation Reviews of Secondary Legislation. (30th Report, Session 2008–09, HL Paper 180). That the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on...

My Lords, I welcome this debate on the most timely report from the Merits Committee of which I am also a member. Perhaps I may say how much we value our two advisers, Jane White and Grant Oliver, without whom we simply could not operate. The committee members are just...

My Lords, I welcome this debate on the most timely report from the Merits Committee of which I am also a member. Perhaps I may say how much we value our two advisers, Jane White and Grant Oliver, without whom we simply could not operate. The committee members are just...

My Lords, I should like to use the gap to make one small but very important point, which I do not think has been covered by any speaker so far. It arises out of my observations over the three years I have spent on this committee. When the National Audit...

My Lords, I should like to use the gap to make one small but very important point, which I do not think has been covered by any speaker so far. It arises out of my observations over the three years I have spent on this committee. When the National Audit...

My Lords, first, I say that this report was undertaken during the excellent chairmanship of my predecessor in that role, my noble friend Lord Filkin. Our report was prompted by earlier reports and inquiries that the committee had undertaken, not least one on the cumulative impact of statutory instruments on...

My Lords, first, I say that this report was undertaken during the excellent chairmanship of my predecessor in that role, my noble friend Lord Filkin. Our report was prompted by earlier reports and inquiries that the committee had undertaken, not least one on the cumulative impact of statutory instruments on...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his comprehensive and largely helpful reply. I thank all noble Lords who have participated and contributed so much to this important debate. It would also be appropriate if I expressed the committee’s thanks, which has already been done in part, to the...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his comprehensive and largely helpful reply. I thank all noble Lords who have participated and contributed so much to this important debate. It would also be appropriate if I expressed the committee’s thanks, which has already been done in part, to the...

My Lords, I apologise to the Grand Committee for arriving a moment late for this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and his committee for producing this report and for giving the Grand Committee the opportunity to consider it, together with the Government’s response. Post-implementation reviews should be...

My Lords, I apologise to the Grand Committee for arriving a moment late for this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and his committee for producing this report and for giving the Grand Committee the opportunity to consider it, together with the Government’s response. Post-implementation reviews should be...

My Lords, the Department for Children, Schools and Families did not have its statutory instruments under the scrutiny of the committee of which I am a member and was a member when our report was published. But that department stands out as one that requires considerable enthusiasm within it to...

My Lords, the Department for Children, Schools and Families did not have its statutory instruments under the scrutiny of the committee of which I am a member and was a member when our report was published. But that department stands out as one that requires considerable enthusiasm within it to...

Lords debate on motion that the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on What Happened Next? A Study of Post-implementation Reviews of Secondary Legislation (HL 180 2008-09). Agreed to on question.

Lords debate on motion that the Grand Committee do consider the report of the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee on What Happened Next? A Study of Post-implementation Reviews of Secondary Legislation (HL 180 2008-09). Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I shall speak briefly, mostly because my former colleagues will give me a further hard time if I do not, but also because I do not wish to repeat what is in the report or has been set out eloquently by my noble friend Lord Rosser. I very...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly, mostly because my former colleagues will give me a further hard time if I do not, but also because I do not wish to repeat what is in the report or has been set out eloquently by my noble friend Lord Rosser. I very...