Written questions

Parliamentary Scrutiny

Lords · Question HL4505 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Norton of Louth

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Hanson of Flint on 22 January (HLWS374), what plans they have to encourage other Departments to emulate the Home Office in (1) undertaking detailed post-legislative scrutiny of Acts

Answer

Answered by Baroness Twycross, 10 Feb 2025

The Cabinet Office has written to departments reminding them of the importance of post-legislative scrutiny.It is a matter for each department to determine whether a written statement should accompany publication, and which stakeholders to engage when con...