Constitution - Fourteenth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 13 October 2004.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

CHAPTER 1: Summary of Recommendations

CHAPTER 2: Introduction  

The legislative process

Relationship between Parliament and citizens

CHAPTER 3: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny

Background

Parliamentary Counsel

Draft bills

Exceptions to publication in draft

Rolling legislative programmes

The decision making process

Responsibility for scrutiny

Methodology of scrutiny

Time constraints

Outcome of consultation process

Conclusions

CHAPTER 4: The Legislative Process

Part 1: Presenting Bills to Parliament

Explanatory notes

The purpose of legislation

Keeling schedules

European legislation

Part 2: Scrutiny of Bills

Timetabling

Management of parliamentary business

The committee stage

Evidence to assist scrutiny

Forms of evidence-taking

Informal briefing

Procedure

The adversarial culture

Carry-over

CHAPTER 5: Post-legislative Scrutiny

The importance of post-legislative scrutiny

Selecting measures for post-legislative scrutiny

Resources

Conclusion

CHAPTER 6: Connecting with the Public

The consultation process

Dissemination of information

Moderating responses

Assessing public opinion

Alternative forms of consultation

CHAPTER 7: Conclusion

The growth of legislation

A "culture of justification"

APPENDIX 1: Membership of the Committee

APPENDIX 2: List of Witnesses

APPENDIX 3: Call for Evidence

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Wednesday 12 May 2004

Wednesday 19 May 2004

Wednesday 26 May 2004

Wednesday 9 June 2004

Wednesday 16 June 2004

Wednesday 23 June 2004

Wednesday 30 June 2004

Wednesday 7 July 2004

Wednesday 14 July 2004

NOTE: References in the text of the report are as follows:

(Q)  refers to a question in oral evidence

(p)  refers to a page of written evidence

The Evidence Volume of the Report is published as a separately under HL Paper 173-II.

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