§ Lord Sefton of Garstonasked the Leader of the House:
When the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments considered the Social Security (Lone Parents) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1790); and what was the result of that consideration.
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard)The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments is a technical scrutiny committee which does not consider the merits or policy of statutory instruments. The Social Security (Lone Parents) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 were considered by the committee in its 10th Report of this Session (H.L. Paper 29). The committee did not draw the special attention of either House to the regulations.