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date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), whether they plan to conduct an assessment of the number of bills in each of the three most recent parliamentary Sessions that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed, and does not intend to perform, a retrospective assessment of bills introduced over the last Parliament because under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Decisions on certification will be a matter for Parliament and will apply to future legislation. Moreover, the Government's proposals would apply to England and England and Wales-only provisions within bills, as well as bills that are England-only in their entirety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1880 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:49:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416960

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), why they have not conducted an assessment of the number of bills in each of the previous five Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed, and does not intend to perform, a retrospective assessment of bills introduced over the last Parliament because under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Decisions on certification will be a matter for Parliament and will apply to future legislation. Moreover, the Government's proposals would apply to England and England and Wales-only provisions within bills, as well as bills that are England-only in their entirety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1879 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:49:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416961

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	English Votes for English Laws
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), whether they plan to produce an impact assessment of their proposals for English Votes for English Laws; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not plan to produce an impact assessment for its proposals, which relate to House of Commons procedure. However, given the importance of the Government’s proposed changes, the Leader of the House of Commons has invited the Procedure Committee to review the proposals in operation in order that there is proper scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/09/2015 14:44:49 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

391964

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of bills in each of the previous five Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed a retrospective assessment of bills introduced in previous Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any other nations in the UK. Under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons, considering both the application of the legislation and whether or not the matters in question are devolved. The Speaker will certify bills as a whole and also clauses and schedules within bills under this test.</p><p><br>The Government’s proposals for English Votes for English Laws provide for certification of bills and clauses or schedules by the Speaker of the House of Commons based on the territorial application of the legislation and on the devolution settlement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/07/2015 10:27:30 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills