Schedule 8
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
James Brokenshire (Shadow Minister (Police Reform), Home Affairs; Hornchurch, Conservative)
I rise briefly to speak to the amendments tabled by my right hon. and learned Friend who, in his customary way, set out the legal basis to justify and underpin his proposals in a clear, concise and effective manner.
There is an ongoing general debate about the role of Parliament and the way in which the Executive seek to take additional powers to themselves by making an order, and the clause is another example of how further powers are being taken away from Parliament. The Prime Minister has indicated that he wants to strengthen the role of Parliament, and in that spirit we hope that that historical approach may be changed, although I have doubts about whether that will actually happen. The points that my right hon. and learned Friend made are effective and I will listen with great interest to how the Minister responds to them.