Clause 5 - Preliminary consultation
Regulatory Reform Bill [Lords]
6:30 pm
Mr Graham Stringer (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Manchester, Blackley, Labour)
The Bill represents the constitutional settlements with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act will continue. In Wales, where powers have been devolved, the Welsh Assembly must consult. In Northern Ireland, where many regulations have been taken by Orders in Council, the Bill will not apply, but it will apply where legislation has been passed for the whole of the United Kingdom.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 5 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Mr. Rooney.]
Adjourned accordingly at nine minutes to Seven o'clock till Thursday 29 March at five minutes to Ten o'clock.