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<p>On instruction from the relevant policy department, the Office of Parliamentary
Counsel are responsible for the drafting of Government legislation.</p><p>In light
of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee's report Democracy Denied?
The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive (HL 106),
the Guide to Making Legislation was updated last summer. This included integrating
a link to the Committee's revised guidance. Along with the Committee's report and
the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee's report Government by Diktat: A call
to return power to Parliament (HL 105), the guide was circulated to all officials
in Whitehall responsible for preparing and passing primary legislation.</p><p>The
Guide to Making Legislation is usually updated annually and I have asked the responsible
officials to consider how to best express in the Guide the different procedures, practices
and challenges posed by legislating in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
I hope very much that in that process officials will take carefully into account points
made by Your Lordships in what was an important debate.</p><p> </p>
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