Government Departments: Bureaucracy
Lords · Question HL3032 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Attorney General's Office · Official record
Answered 22 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
To ask His Majesty's Government whether departments are required to record formally how a proposed statutory reporting or consultation requirement has satisfied the Government's “higher bar”; and whether that assessment will be included in explanatory not
Answer
Answered by Baroness Smith of Cluny, 22 Sep 2026
At present there is no intention to require an assessment of statutory reporting or consultation duties in explanatory notes or impact assessments accompanying legislation. Alongside the changes to consultation duties, we will encourage more participatory...