Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Lords committee monitoring Coronavirus Secondary Legislation

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
United Kingdom administrative law, Delegated legislation, Statutory law, Statutory instrument, Primary and secondary legislation, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, Law, Public law

The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee is considering statutory instruments (subject to parliamentary procedure) that are being laid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee is considering statutory instruments (subject to parliamentary procedure) that are being laid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
  • The committee has created a new page to track all SIs arising from the Coronavirus Act and their subsequent reports on them .
  • SIs are secondary pieces of legislation that ministers or other bodies are enabled to create by a law.
  • These pieces of secondary legislation are used to fill in the details of Acts (pieces of primary legislation), providing practical measures to enable the law to operate.

Lords EU exit regulations: 7 March

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Friday, March 8, 2019
House of Lords, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Peers discuss health qualifications, clinical trials and medical devices

Key Points: 
  • Draft affirmative SIs can be stopped if either House votes against the governments motion calling for the SI to be approved.
  • Baroness Thornton (Labour), proposed a regret motion against the regulations on European qualifications for the health and social care professions.
  • Following the debates on the floor of the House, all the SIs under consideration were agreed to.
  • The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) examines every SI, including all EU Exit SIs.

Lords EU exit regulations 11 February

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Monday, February 11, 2019
Delegated legislation, Statutory law, United Kingdom administrative law, Law, Statutory instrument, Brexit, Primary and secondary legislation, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, International organizations, Act of Parliament, Organizations, European Union

Professional qualifications and financial services under discussion

Key Points: 
  • The House of Lords will examine6 statutory instruments preparing for Brexit on Thursday 11 February.
  • A statutory instrument (SI), a type of secondary legislation, is a law created under powers given by an Act of Parliament.
  • In addition to the EU exit regulations, the House is also debating two other SIs on Tax Credits and Social Security.
  • The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) examines every SI, including all EU Exit SIs.