Sentences with phrase «scrutinising legislation»

The Lords often does a better job at scrutinising legislation than MPs and it should be left as it is.

The question then is one of whether peers are villains of the piece or whether their Lordships are exercising wisdom and reason in scrutinising the legislation proposed by the government and then improving it — like good fairies.

At the evidence sessions of the committee which has just finished scrutinising the legislation Labour MPs tore into the Catholic Bishops as if they were prosecutors at a war crimes trial.

And since the Lords play a crucial role in amending and scrutinising legislation, that could help the party retain significant influence over the legislative process despite what will probably be a precipitous decline in its vote share.

So Cabinet can not reach a decision because it does not know what it is doing and parliament is not allowed to scrutinise legislation because the government can not trust that it will do the right thing even though it doesn't know what that is.

More importantly, all politicians and officials should scrutinise legislation lest it impinge on the ability of our elected representatives to challenge government and ask the questions necessary to preserve our liberties.

Moreover, the quality of decision making would be improved if the abolition of the Lords was accompanied by appropriate reforms to the House of Commons (such as changing the voting system to PR and greatly strengthening select committees to scrutinise legislation and temporarily appoint outside expert advisers, etc).

It says Parliament no longer effectively scrutinises legislation and backs calls to beef up the role of select committees.

The government is to allow the Commons five days to debate the bill triggering article 50, it said on Thursday, prompting some MPs to complain this was insufficient time to scrutinise the legislation.

In a debate on the Silk Commission's proposals, including introducing a reserved powers model and strengthening the capacity of the National Assembly to scrutinise legislation, Kirsty Williams will challenge other political parties to follow the Silk Commission's recommendations and include these proposals in their party manifestos for the 2015 Westminster and 2016 Assembly elections.

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, chaired by Labour MP Graham Allen has complained that it has been given inadequate time to scrutinise the legislation that will fix parliamentary terms, cut the number of MPs to 600 and enable a nationwide referendum on the voting system.

Surely in regards the separation of powers within the constitution, it is necessary to have a body that has the capacity to scrutinise the legislation of parliament that is itself separated from political parties?

Not exact matches

The CIOT also calls for a debate on whether the House of Lords should play a greater role in scrutinising tax legislation as it goes through Parliament, without detracting from the powers of the House of Commons over tax matters.

In a submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's inquiry into the passage of legislation through Parliament, the CIOT proposes: · The Finance Bill Public Bill Committee takes oral evidence from tax experts and others; · More effective liaison between select committees and the Finance Bill committee; · Increasing the resources available to Parliament for scrutinising tax matters; · Using technology to make it easier for those outside Parliament to comment on Bills, e.g. an online facility to input comments by clause numbers, so MPs can see who says what against each clause; · Asking the Office of Tax Simplification to publish simplification assessments of new tax proposals.

Perhaps, Professor Caney suggested, it is time to think about redesigning our political institutions to give future generations a voice, as has been done elsewhere, by introducing structures such as committees for future generations with the task of scrutinising the impact of legislation on future generations.

[1] The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are `

[i] «The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

Police from around the country are scrutinising claims the party broke election spending legislation

While most legislation is looked at by a small group of MPs at the committee stage, as a major constitutional bill, this one will be scrutinised on the floor of the commons.

Her independent reviewer of terror legislation is actually independently reviewing terror legislation and her committee tasked with scrutinising the intelligence agencies is actually scrutinising the intelligence agencies.

«We take so many items of legislation, bills that have come through the Commons where only a third or half of that legislation has been scrutinised in the Commons,» she said.

This used to be Lord Carlile, who was arguably even more hawkish on terror legislation than the governments he was meant to be scrutinising.

New legislation to modernise the coroner system is to be scrutinised by members of the public with direct experience of inquests, it has been announced.

Baroness Jan Royall, Labour's leader in the Lords, said: «I am very proud to lead an excellent team which will scrutinise and vigorously oppose legislation where it harms the interests of the people of our country, and support Ed Miliband as he builds trust in our party so that we can defeat this unfair, incompetent and out of touch government at the next election.»

Better options lie in reform of the second chamber, so that directly elected English representatives can scrutinise, revise or reject English legislation.

Whatever might be the deficiencies of the process by which Parliament scrutinises primary legislation, it is undeniable that the extent and depth of the scrutiny that such legislation attracts vastly outstrips the scrutiny that secondary legislation receives.

«We recognise the valuable role of the House of Lords in scrutinising SIs [statutory instruments], but there is no mechanism for the will of the elected House to prevail when they are considered, as is the case for primary legislation.

She added: «This House has an important role to play in scrutinising and revising legislation, and the Government recognises this.

The focus should be on how to ensure that the actions of the Executive are scrutinised effectively and that parliamentary approval of delegated legislation — by members of both Houses of Parliament — is not a mere box - ticking exercise.

The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny of delegated legislation is at the heart of the delicate balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».

We recognise the valuable role of the House of Lords in scrutinising SIs, but there is no mechanism for the will of the elected House to prevail when they are considered, as is the case for primary legislation.

«The Bill is the first piece of Brexit legislation to be scrutinised by the House of Lords.

However, Alistair MacDonald QC, Bar chair, points out that there already exists an independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, David Anderson QC, whose job is to scrutinise terror laws in light of civil liberties and privacy concerns.

Other related recommendations are that committees tasked with scrutinising secondary legislation laid under the «Great Repeal Bill» should make effective use of external expertise and public consultation, and that they should be properly resourced.

All pieces of legislation will soon have aspects of technology at their core and our ability to scrutinise effectively will rely on a deeper understanding than currently exists.