Speeches

Andy Slaughter – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-11.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Henry VIII powers were (a) enacted in legislation passed in the 2010 to 2015 Parliament and (b) since May 2015.

Mr Oliver Letwin

Each time the Government proposes a new delegated power in a Bill, it submits a memorandum to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee setting out the case for the power. These memoranda are published on Parliament’s website.