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🧵1/ Yet again the govt uses the urgency procedure in the Public Health Act 1984 to introduce regulations before they are scrutinised and approved by Parliament. This time the Step 3 Regulations for 'unlockdown' in England which come into force on Mon 17/5 #SIWatch ⬇️
2/ Given they've known for weeks what was coming in Step 3 why was the legal text not published earlier for approval by MPs? The devil is in the legal detail but ministers constantly try to blur the issue by conflating debate about general policy with scrutiny of legal text.
3/ The govt argues in the Explanatory Memo that MPs debated Step 3 on 25 March. But that was a debate on Regs to implement the start of the roadmap, renew the Coronavirus Act, & extend temporary Standing Orders for virtual participation in proceedings. legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/585/…
