I am grateful for the spirit in which the Minister replied. In effect, he said that the LBRO will spend a good deal of time looking at future legislation as it comes along. He did not refer to Clause 9(2), which is quite nicely put. It states that the LBRO shall give advice, "““if requested to do so by that Minister””."
It will be requested but it must give the advice, so it is not really a request; it is an order. Perhaps ““requested”” is a polite way to put it. Do Ministers intend to use that power to require the LBRO to give advice on legislation that they are contemplating making? It would be helpful if that were so.
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Cope of Berkeley
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 January 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL].
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