This data project enhances the provision of information and analysis about the scrutiny of primary and secondary legislation by the Westminster Parliament. It draws on our unique Statutory Instrument Tracker as well as Parliament’s own legislative data.
Recent output
Westminster Lens: Brexit Statutory Instruments Dashboard
In the run-up to the UK’s exit from the EU we will be tracking the progress made by government and Parliament in preparing the statute book for exit day. Our analysis draws on parliamentary data and our own Statutory Instrument Tracker which we built several years ago to support our research on delegated legislation.
Westminster Lens: Parliament and Delegated Legislation in the 2015-16 Session
This report presents original research data on delegated legislation in the 2015-16 parliamentary session. In doing so, it seeks to plug the statistical hole that exists in the understanding of the delegated legislation process, for parliamentarians, officials and observers alike.
A Parliamentary Scrutiny Solution For The EU (Withdrawal) Bill
The government has said the ‘principal objective of leaving the EU is for Parliament to take back control of UK laws and policies’. The EU (Withdrawal) Bill is the first legislative test of this. Before the Bill’s 7 September House of Commons second reading debate, we outline the proposals for it in our new paper ‘Taking Back Control for Brexit and Beyond’.
The DCMS Committee, Facebook and parliamentary powers and privilege
For its ‘fake news’ inquiry the House of Commons DCMS Committee has reportedly acquired papers related to a US court case involving Facebook. Andrew Kennon, former Commons Clerk of Committees, says the incident shows how the House’s powers to obtain evidence do work, but that it might also weaken the case for Parliament’s necessary powers in the long term.
Evidence to the House of Commons Procedure Committee: Motions under section 13(1) of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018
In our evidence on procedural arrangements for the ‘meaningful vote’ on the prospective UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement, we argue that the possibly unique nature and extraordinary political circumstances of the vote justify an extraordinary and imaginative remedy.
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