Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee issues 51st Report of Session 2022–23

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The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) has published its 51st report for the 2022–2023 session, which contains the Committee’s thoughts on instruments of interest and instruments excluded from being drawn to the special interest of the House. In this session, special attention of the House has been drawn to the Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 on the ground that the consultation process appears inadequate and the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 1496) on the ground that the explanatory material provides insufficient information about the instrument's policy objective and intended implementation. Also drawn to the special interest of the House is the Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/896 and four linked instruments on the ground that they are politically or legally important and give rise to public policy issues that will be of interest to the House. Additional instruments of interest include the Draft Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023, the Draft Representation...