Law Commission: Funding

Lord Howarth of Newport Excerpts

Tuesday 10th July 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord Keen of Elie]

I am not familiar with the evidence to which the noble Lord refers, but I assure him that at present Ministers have the highest regard for the work of the Law Commission, and that I have the highest regard for those who carry on that work. We are always amenable to its proposals. In its current, 13th programme, we were happy to approve a list of 14 projects that it submitted.

[Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab)]

In that case, why have one-third of the recommendations not been implemented?

[Lord Keen of Elie]

Not every recommendation made by the Law Commission is accepted by the Government as appropriate for legislation. There may be circumstances in which the Government have a policy on legislation that is not entirely in parallel with its recommendations. That does not take away in any sense from the quality of the recommendations made.