Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Debate between Lord Hendy and Lord LucasTuesday 28th February 2023
(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Lord Hendy (Lab)
Before the noble Lord sits down, could I raise one point on delay? I am trying to visualise a situation in which officials are considering a particular set of regulations—let us not identify them—that are complicated. Therefore, the possibility of delaying a decision on those regulations is under way. We get to 30 December 2023: no statutory instrument has been laid, because they are still considering whether to delay consideration. How is this to be considered “scrutinised by the House”? There will be nothing there to scrutinise—there will be no statutory instrument—and the House will be thinking that this set of regulations will disappear on 31 December.
Lord Lucas (Con)
My Lords, I will give my noble friend the Minister a couple of thoughts to take away.