§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Lord President of the Council whether, in the interests of the better drafting of legislation, he will consider allowing parliamentary draftsmen to have consultations with responsible representative groups of those organisations affected by proposed legislation.
§ Mr. FootConsultations with representative groups affected by proposed legislation are normally undertaken by the Department promoting the legislation. Any specialist advice received is made available to the Government draftsmen, who are free to seek any further advice they may require.
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Lord President of the Council (1) if he will list the recommendations of the Renton report on the 705W preparation of legislation which have so far been implemented;
(2) what further steps he is proposing to take to implement the recommendations of the Renton report on the preparation of legislation.
§ Mr. FootI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. and learned Member for Runcorn (Mr. Carlisle) on 15th December 1977.—[Vol. 941, c.329.]
The recommendations made in the Renton report are already taken fully into account in the drafting of all new legislation.