Part of Delegated Legislation – in the House of Commons at 9:30 pm on 21 July 2010.
Dan Rogerson
Liberal Democrat, North Cornwall
9:30,
21 July 2010
Earlier, I talked about monitoring the meeting of the criteria. On ensuring that academies deliver a broad-based curriculum, would there be a number of triggers-things that would concern Ofsted and encourage it to take an interest in an academy, if reports of them reached it?
Delegated legislation is law made by ministers under powers deriving from Acts of Parliament.
Thousands of pieces of delegated legislation, commonly known as statutory instruments, are passed by Parliament each year.
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When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
