Asked by: Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the process for informing a newly appointed Secretary of State about all of the Acts of Parliament within their purview containing provisions that have not yet been commenced.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
It is for each department to manage the process of inducting and briefing new ministers.
Asked by: Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Acts of Parliament include provisions that have not yet been commenced by the relevant Secretary of State; how many uncommenced provisions there are in total; and what is the distribution of these uncommenced provisions across Government departments.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Each Government department is responsible for ensuring adequate resourcing to keep uncommenced legislation under review.