Clause 1 - Purpose
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
5:45 pm
Jim Murphy (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office; East Renfrewshire, Labour)
Without wishing to delay the Committee greatly, it is envisaged that there will be a statutory public consultation over a period of 12 weeks, and that all of those affected by proposals to reform a local Act, or their representative bodies, will be consulted. Those consultations will then form part of an explanatory memorandum that will go before the relevant Select Committees of this House and another place. The Select Committees will decide on a case-by-case basis whether the change is appropriate.