Justification Decision Power (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Debate between Lord Redesdale and Lord Pannick

Tuesday 22nd January 2019 Lords Chamber

[Lord Pannick]

I have two questions for the Minister. When were these regulations published, and has there been any public consultation on their content?

[Lord Redesdale (LD)]

My Lords, I am tempted to ask a number of questions to get them out of the way, because most of these regulations follow the same guidelines. My noble kinsman the Minister has already said that they will not come into effect if we remain in the European Union for whatever reason. Can he confirm that that is the case for all the regulations, and then I will not have to ask again?

I have only one question on this regulation, which concerns transparency. The noble Lords, Lord Adonis and Lord Pannick, have already talked about the justifying authority, and reading the SI it is clear that it could be any Secretary of State, but as we are dealing with detriment to health and ionising radiation can the Minister say at what point discussions by the justifying authority would be made public? Under what forum would people be able to find out about the decision-making process?