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Call for reform to subordinate legislation procedures Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 March 2008

The Subordinate Legislation Committee of the Scottish Parliament has called for a Bill to streamline the process of scrutinising secondary legislation.

The Committee says the current process of dealing with statutory and other forms of instrument is slow and unwieldy and could be dramatically improved.

Key among the recommendations made by the Committee is reducing the number of procedures so only the most useful are retained, extending the period for scrutiny before instruments can come into force from 21 to 28 days and requiring the Government to provide Parliament with a six week forward programme of subordinate legislation to allow committees to plan their work programs better.

Committee convener Jamie Stone MSP said:

“We believe that the scrutiny of subordinate legislation is one of the most important functions of the Parliament. This is, after all, the nuts and bolts of legislation - there are around 500 statutory instruments every year which may impact on all of us as citizens. It

is vital therefore that the levels of scrutiny the Parliament applies to the different rules and regulations submitted by the Scottish Government are appropriate and that the system is fit for purpose.

“Our predecessor committee in session two recommended introducing a completely new system of scrutiny. We have looked at their recommendations carefully and concluded that most of what they wanted to achieve can be delivered effectively through improving the present system. We believe that our recommendations will deliver a simpler, more transparent system which improves scrutiny.”
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