Member

Turning to Amendment 79 on consultation and regard for effect, subsections (b)(ii) to (iv) of the proposed new clause refer to three connected areas of advantage which the House, if reformed in a competent manner, should have produced. Thus, as detailed in subsection (a) of the new clause, in preparing necessary draft Bills, it would become the duty of the Secretary of State to consult the four group leaders in the House to ensure that this happens. These areas of advantage are: first, the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House provides; the balance of power between His Majesty’s Government and Parliament; and the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, ECHR member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.