HC Deb 09 December 1947 vol 445 cc158-9W
Mr. Bossom

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will arrange that on each Statutory Order there shall be an explanatory memorandum giving its justification and objective, so that it will be understandable to laymen as well as lawyers.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

It is already the practice for explanatory memoranda to be issued with Statutory Rules and Orders, unless in any particular case the purpose and effect of the rule or order is readily apparent. Such memoranda can only, of course, indicate the objective; they cannot properly be a vehicle for argument about the merits.