Government Departments: Bureaucracy
Lords · Question HL3031 · 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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hermer on 27 April (HL16376), what specific criteria ministers are required to apply when determining whether a proposed reporting or consultation requirement meets the Government's “h
Answer
Answered by Baroness Smith of Cluny, 22 Sep 2026
The starting point will be that requirements are in legislation by exception. Then going forward, formal consultation should only take place where there is still a statutory requirement to consult, where it would be conspicuously unfair not to consult, or...