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 - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
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 - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Each Government department is responsible for ensuring adequate resourcing to keep uncommenced legislation under review.