Member

Further, Amendments 48, 56, 57 and 58 seek to expand the use of the affirmative procedure. In bringing forward Amendment 55, the Government have recognised the need for greater parliamentary scrutiny in new or novel matters, but it is important that we maintain the flexibility to make timely, uncontentious technical updates to existing regulations without delay. For example, there are regulations covering products such as cosmetics, where we might need to amend different quantities of different chemicals set out in the regulations’ schedule, or we might update regulations that control the amount of noise a product might make, where experts would be asked for their detailed input and testing of noise levels.