House of Lords Select Committee on Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform

Remit

The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee is appointed by the House of Lords in each session with the orders of reference "to report whether the provisions of any bill inappropriately delegate legislative power, or whether they subject the exercise of legislative power to an inappropriate degree of parliamentary scrutiny; to report on documents and draft orders laid before Parliament under sections 14 and 18 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006; and to perform, in respect of such draft orders, and in respect of subordinate provisions orders made or proposed to be made under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001, the functions performed in respect of other instruments and draft instruments by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

• Guidance for Departments on the role and requirements of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee.

• Examples of Delegated Powers Memoranda

• Scrutinising the Executive - Delegated Legislation
  A House of Lords Briefing paper on legislation, statutory instruments and the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee.

• Terms of Reference

Recent reports

• Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Reports are published by TSO.

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