Pre-legislative Scrutiny (Hansard, 7 January 2003)

HC Deb 07 January 2003 vol 397 c69W 69W

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the President of the Council what steps he is taking to alert Departments to the new opportunities for pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills for next session's legislative programme. [88930]

§ Mr. Robin Cook
The Government want to ensure that more Bills are published in draft and can receive pre-legislative scrutiny, and I am working closely with other Departments to achieve this aim.