Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
Lords select committee, since 17 December 2003. Its page on the Parliament website.
The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee considers the policy effects of statutory instruments and other types of secondary legislation subject to procedure.
Inquiries
- Poor explanatory material accompanying Home Office immigration rules changes (28 October 2025)
- DWP to answer questions on Regulations to increase the Administrative Earnings Threshold (30 April 2024)
- Poor quality of Home Office impact information (20 March 2024)
- Better Regulation Framework Review (16 January 2024 to 31 July 2024)
- Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (9 October 2023 to 31 October 2023)
- Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations) (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (2 May 2023 to 24 May 2023)
- Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations) (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (12 April 2023 to 19 April 2023)
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (16 November 2022 to 31 May 2023)
- Quality of Impact Assessments (16 March 2022 to 22 July 2022)
- The Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (2 March 2022 to 1 June 2022)
- Draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (9 December 2021 to 2 March 2022)
- Government responses to the special reports (24 November 2021 to 16 November 2022)
- Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI 2021/879) (14 September 2021 to 4 November 2021)
- Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (6 July 2021 to 19 July 2021)
- Departmental support of secondary legislation (15 April 2021 to 24 November 2021)
- Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/31) (6 February 2020 to 25 February 2020)
- Secondary legislation and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - inquiry into the sifting criteria (20 April 2018 to 20 April 2018)
- Response to the Strathclyde Review inquiry (25 January 2016 to 25 January 2016)
- Government Consultation Practice (16 July 2014 to 16 July 2014)
- The Government's new approach to consultation (31 October 2012 to 31 October 2012)
- What happened next? A study of Post-Implementation Reviews of secondary legislation (24 June 2009 to 12 April 2010)
- Cumulative impact of statutory instruments on schools (1 September 2008 to 12 April 2010)
- The Management of Secondary Legislation (13 September 2005 to 12 April 2010)
Organisations it has heard from most
- Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (1)
- Home Office (1)
- Homes England (1)
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (1)
- Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (1)
- Regulatory Policy Committee (1)