Tag Archives: Lords Constitution Committee

Constitutional implications of the Counter-Terrorism Bill

Lord Norton 06/08/2008 – 4:51 pm

The report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill received little if any media coverage.  However, the report of the Lords Constitution Committee on the Counter-Terrorism Bill has received substantial attention.  The report was published yesterday. The report focuses on the provisions for pre-charge detention and questioning and on inquests.  The committee makes no crit […]

Reforming the legislative process

Lord Norton 26/04/2008 – 6:11 pm

I promised in response to a comment on an earlier post to discuss post-legislative scrutiny.    When I chaired the Constitution Committee of the Lords, we undertook a major inquiry into the legislative process.   We looked at the legislative process holistically, examining not only the process when a Bill is before Parliament but also pre-legislative and post-legislative scrutiny.  There h […]