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The national effort to tackle the Coronavirus health emergency has resulted in UK ministers being granted some of the broadest legislative powers ever seen in peacetime. This Dashboard highlights key facts and figures about the Statutory Instruments SIs being produced using these powers in the Coronavirus Act and other Acts of Parliament. For the data used on this Dashboard, we are counting as a Coronavirus-related Statutory Instrument any Statutory Instrument which has among its purposes the addressing of Coronavirus-related issues.
We are only counting Coronavirus-related Statutory Instruments which are laid before Parliament so excluding those which are not laid, and those laid before the devolved legislatures and assemblies.
The full list of the SIs that we are counting in order to generate the data on this Dashboard is at the bottom of the Dashboard. The rest have been laid since 6 March , at an average rate since then of six per completed week.
Since the start of the week commencing 27 January when the first Coronavirus-related SI was laid , the government has laid a total of 1, SIs covering all subjects. Per week, since the week commencing 2 March , Coronavirus-related SIs as a proportion of the total number of SIs laid before Parliament are:. Eighteen have been laid under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act This was for the highly specific case of the Overseas Territories Constitutional Modifications Order , which was made also using powers in the British Settlements Act Powers in the Prison Act have also been used for four of the SIs , as well as powers in eight Acts dating from the s.
Thirteen were laid under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act , combined in one case with the Insolvency Act , in three cases with the Insolvency Act and the Companies Act , and in two cases with the Charities Act A Statutory Instrument may come into effect as soon as it has been made. Of the Coronavirus-related Statutory Instruments laid before the UK Parliament which are subject to the negative procedure, breach the day rule. If an SI comes into effect before it is even laid before Parliament, a requirement is triggered under Section 4 of the Statutory Instruments Act that the government formally notify the Speakers of the two Houses of this fact and explain the need for such urgency.
Such notifications are recorded in the official record of parliamentary proceedings. This procedure is often reserved for more significant subordinate legislation. A very small proportion of subordinate legislation is subject to specific procedures set out in the enabling act. These procedures include:. Some subordinate legislation is not subject to any formal procedure other than it must be laid before the Senedd.
Some subordinate legislation does not even have to be laid before the Senedd. For example, commencement orders i. The Welsh Ministers notify the Committee of commencement orders, but they are not usually scrutinised by the Committee.
Subordinate legislation must be laid before the Senedd at least 21 days before it comes into effect. If this rule is breached, the Welsh Government has to notify the Presiding Officer of the reasons.
This subordinate legislation was laid before the Fifth Senedd at a point that did not allow time for consideration by the Fifth Senedd's Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. The sift Committee will then consider the appropriate procedure to be followed, either negative or affirmative. Sometimes, the enabling act will say that subordinate legislation must be made jointly by both the Welsh Ministers and UK Ministers acting together.
This kind of subordinate legislation must be laid before both the Senedd and the UK Parliament. The enabling act will specify what procedure applies. The Government implements its annual budget by introducing and enacting a Finance Bill and a Social Welfare Bill each year. The Government may also need to introduce legislation to enact European Union laws or decisions by the European courts. The Government lists the Bills it is bringing forward and the Acts it has passed in its legislative programme.
For example, an independent TD brought forward the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill to divest public money from fossil fuel companies. The Bill was enacted in It amended various Licensing Acts to remove the prohibition on licensed premises from trading on Good Friday.
If a PMB involves public expenditure, it cannot progress to Committee Stage unless the Government issues a money message supporting the expenditure. Before the Government publishes a Bill, there is usually a consultation process. For example, the Green Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland was launched in May and 1, submissions were made during the consultation process.
Before a Bill is finalised, a general scheme of the Bill may be published, and this is often called the heads of the Bill. TDs and Senators who are not members of the Government do their own research on the policy proposals behind their proposed legislation. The Business Committee may waive this requirement in certain circumstances. The general scheme, or draft heads, of a Government Bill undergoes scrutiny by an Oireachtas Committee before the text of the Bill is finalised.
The relevant Oireachtas Committee may invite stakeholders to participate by attending meetings to discuss the general scheme or draft heads of the Bill. At the end of the pre-legislative scrutiny, the Committee produces a report and lays it before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
The report makes recommendations on the Bill based on the Committee's scrutiny. The Committee invited three representative organisations to a public hearing on 21 November In February it published its report with recommendations to the Government on the final draft of the Bill. You can find more examples of pre-legislative scrutiny reports on the dedicated webpages for individual Committees.
Alternatively, the sponsor may ask the Business Committee to waive the need for scrutiny. The relevant Oireachtas Committee may invite stakeholders to participate by attending meetings to discuss the Bill, or by making submissions on the Bill.
After completing the pre-Committee Stage scrutiny, the Committee produces a report and lays it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. If it is recommended that the Bill proceed, the Bill sponsor may move the Order for Committee Stage the motion that progresses the Bill to Committee Stage without debate.
If it is recommended that the Bill not proceed, the sponsor may still move a motion in the House to progress the Bill to Committee Stage, but the motion must be debated. If the motion is carried, the Bill can progress. It then published a report which recommended that the Bill proceed to Committee Stage.
There are two ways for Members to initiate a Bill. When a Bill is presented, provided it complies with Standing Orders, it is automatically added to the Order Paper and it proceeds to Second Stage.
When a Member seeks leave to introduce a Private Members' Bill, the House may or may not grant leave.
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