Thread by @HansardSociety

⬇️ 1/There’s an important debate led by @CamCavendish in @UKHouseofLords later today (6/1/22) about the increasing numbers of ‘skeleton’ Bills & the associated use of delegated powers within them. The anodyne title of the debate belies the constitutional importance of the issue.

2/ The debate follows two recent hard-hitting @UKGHouseofLords Committee reports: ‘Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive’ and ‘Government by Diktat: A call to return power to Parliament’.

3/ We highlighted some of the key issues in the reports shortly after they were published in this thread:

https://twitter.com/HansardSociety/status/1463425629886504963

4/ The Lords are have serious concerns about the #delegatedlegislation system, the marginalisation of Parliament and the balance of power between Parliament and the Executive, particularly during the pandemic.

5/ This is an issue we’ve been working on for a long time. At the end of last year we launched our Delegated Legislation Review to look at how the system can be reformed. What are the key problems that need to be resolved?

6/ Our launch report explains these problems in more detail. A series of case studies - including #NetZero and #Covid Regulations - illustrates why they matter and why it’s so important to reform the system in the interests of Parliament and the public.
hansardsociety.org.uk/publications/r…

7/ @CamCavendish also wrote about the problems in her @FT column last month, citing our research ft.com/content/36091d…

8/ You can find our more about our work on Delegated Legislation here: hansardsociety.org.uk/publications/d…

9/ If you agree that constitutional issues are at stake and reform is needed sign up to our newsletter to receive that latest news about our Delegated Legislation Review and early sight of our latest research and analysis.
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