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it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

The committee shall consist of sixteen members.

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

that any draft order should not be approved,

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

purport to have retrospective effect;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

continue any necessary protection;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

that any draft order should not be approved,

The committee shall have power-

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

purport to have retrospective effect;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

that any draft order should not be approved,

The committee shall have power-

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation or appear to be defectively drafted;

that any proposal should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation Committee, to examine every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3, and every draft order proposed to be made under section 1, of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every document containing proposals laid before the House under the said section 3, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order laid before the House under the said section 1, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals or draft orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all the matters set out in sub-paragraph (A) above and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation, are not written in plain English or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

in the case of proposals presented under the 2001 Act, the committee shall also consider whether the proposals-

The quorum of the committee shall be five.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

purport to have retrospective effect;

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee, to examine-

every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out 1994 (the 1994 Act) or under section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (the 2001 Act);

every draft order proposed to be made under section 1 of the 1994 Act or section 1 of the 2001 Act; and

every subordinate provisions order or draft of such an order made or proposed to be made under sections 1 and 4 of the 2001 Act.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every proposals document referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may draw the special attention of the House to any subordinate provisions order or draft order referred to in paragraph 1(iii) of this order, and may report its opinion whether or not the order or draft order should be approved or, as the case may be, annulled.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals, draft orders or subordinate provisions orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonable expect to continue to exercise;

satisfy the conditions of proportionality between burdens and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Act;

satisfy the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b) of the Act;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits which may result from their implementation; or

include provisions to be designated in the draft order as subordinate provisions;

and in the case of the latter consideration the committee shall report its opinion whether such a designation should be made, and to what parliamentary proceedings any subordinate provisions orders should be subject.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (6) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the Committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

In its consideration of any subordinate provisions order the committee shall in each case consider whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds on which (in accordance with paragraph 1(B) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments may draw the attention of the House to a statutory instrument; and if the committee is of the opinion that any such order or draft order should be annulled, or, as the case may be, should not be approved, they shall report that opinion to the House.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

to communicate its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee appointed by this House and to any committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation and regulatory reform proposals and draft orders.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any select committee appointed by the Lords to examine deregulation and regulatory reform proposals and draft orders and any sub-committee thereof.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either-

that any proposal should be amended before the draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order (not being a subordinate provisions order) not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

every subordinate provisions order or draft of such an order made or proposed to be made under sections 1 and 4 of the 2001 Act.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every proposals document referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee, to examine-

every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out 1994 (the 1994 Act) or under section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (the 2001 Act);

every draft order proposed to be made under section 1 of the 1994 Act or section 1 of the 2001 Act; and

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may draw the special attention of the House to any subordinate provisions order or draft order referred to in paragraph 1(iii) of this order, and may report its opinion whether or not the order or draft order should be approved or, as the case may be, annulled.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals, draft orders or subordinate provisions orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation, are not written in plain English or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

in the case of proposals presented under the 2001 Act, the committee shall also consider whether the proposals-

prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonable expect to continue to exercise;

satisfy the conditions of proportionality between burdens and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Act;

satisfy the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b) of the Act;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits which may result from their implementation; or

include provisions to be designated in the draft order as subordinate provisions;

and in the case of the latter consideration the committee shall report its opinion whether such a designation should be made, and to what parliamentary proceedings any subordinate provisions orders should be subject.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (6) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

In its consideration of any subordinate provisions order the committee shall in each case consider whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds on which (in accordance with paragraph 1(B) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments may draw the attention of the House to a statutory instrument; and if the committee is of the opinion that any such order or draft order should be annulled, or, as the case may be, should not be approved, they shall report that opinion to the House.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference; and

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either-

that any proposal should be amended before the draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order (not being a subordinate provisions order) not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out 1994 (the 1994 Act) or under section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (the 2001 Act);

In its consideration of any subordinate provisions order the committee shall in each case consider whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds on which (in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments may draw the attention of the House to a statutory instrument; and if the committee is of the opinion that any such order or draft order should be annulled, or, as the case may be, should not be approved, they shall report that opinion to the House.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee, to examine-

every draft order proposed to be made under section 1 of the 1994 Act or section 1 of the 2001 Act; and

every subordinate provisions order or draft of such an order made or proposed to be made under sections 1 and 4 of the 2001 Act.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every proposals document referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may draw the special attention of the House to any subordinate provisions order or draft order referred to in paragraph 1(iii) of this order, and may report its opinion whether or not the order or draft order should be approved or, as the case may be, annulled.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals, draft orders or subordinate provisions orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation, are not written in plain English or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

in the case of proposals presented under the 2001 Act, the committee shall also consider whether the proposals-

prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonable expect to continue to exercise;

satisfy the conditions of proportionality between burdens and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Act;

satisfy the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b) of the Act;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits which may result from their implementation; or

include provisions to be designated in the draft order as subordinate provisions;

and in the case of the latter consideration the committee shall report its opinion whether such a designation should be made, and to what parliamentary proceedings any subordinate provisions orders should be subject.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (6) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference; and

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either-

that any proposal should be amended before the draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order (not being a subordinate provisions order) not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

In its consideration of any subordinate provisions order the committee shall in each case consider whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds on which (in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments may draw the attention of the House to a statutory instrument; and if the committee is of the opinion that any such order or draft order should be annulled, or, as the case may be, should not be approved, they shall report that opinion to the House.

every draft order proposed to be made under section 1 of the 1994 Act or section 1 of the 2001 Act; and

every subordinate provisions order or draft of such an order made or proposed to be made under sections 1 and 4 of the 2001 Act.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every proposals document referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

continue any necessary protection;

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

There shall be a select committee, called the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee, to examine-

every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out 1994 (the 1994 Act) or under section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (the 2001 Act);

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may draw the special attention of the House to any subordinate provisions order or draft order referred to in paragraph 1(iii) of this order, and may report its opinion whether or not the order or draft order should be approved or, as the case may be, annulled.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals, draft orders or subordinate provisions orders.

in its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation, are not written in plain English or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

in the case of proposals presented under the 2001 Act, the committee shall also consider whether the proposals-

prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonable expect to continue to exercise;

satisfy the conditions of proportionality between burdens and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Act;

satisfy the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b) of the Act;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits which may result from their implementation; or

include provisions to be designated in the draft order as subordinate provisions;

and in the case of the latter consideration the committee shall report its opinion whether such a designation should be made, and to what parliamentary proceedings any subordinate provisions orders should be subject.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (6) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference; and

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either-

that any proposal should be amended before the draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order (not being a subordinate provisions order) not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonable expect to continue to exercise;

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (6) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

continue any necessary protection;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation, are not written in plain English or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union;

There shall be a select committee, called the Regulatory Reform Committee, to examine-

every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001;

every draft order proposed to be made under section 1 of the Act; and

every subordinate provisions order or draft of such an order made or proposed to be made under sections 1 and 4 of the 2001 Act (except those not made by a Minister of the Crown).

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every proposals document referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may draw the special attention of the House to any subordinate provisions order or draft order referred to in paragraph 1(iii) of this order, and may report its opinion whether or not the order or draft order should be approved or, as the case may be, annulled.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals, draft orders or subordinate provisions orders.

In its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals-

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

satisfy the conditions of proportionality between burdens and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Act;

satisfy the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b) of the Act;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits which may result from their implementation; or

include provisions to be designated in the draft order as subordinate provisions;

and in the case of the latter consideration the committee shall report its opinion whether such a designation should be made, and to what parliamentary proceedings any subordinate provisions orders should be subject.

In its consideration of any subordinate provisions order the committee shall in each case consider whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds on which (in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments may draw the attention of the House to a statutory instrument; and if the committee is of the opinion that any such order or draft order should be annulled, or, as the case may be, should not be approved, they shall report that opinion to the House.

The committee shall consist of eighteen members.

Unless the House otherwise orders, each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament.

The committee shall have power-

to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom, and to report from time to time;

to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference; and

to appoint a sub-committee, of which the quorum shall be two, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees.

The committee and the sub-committee shall have power to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend meetings at which witnesses are being examined and such Members may, at the discretion of the chairman, ask questions of those witnesses; but no Member not being of the committee shall otherwise take part in the proceedings of the committee or sub-committee, or be counted in the quorum.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that before reporting either-

that any proposal should be amended before the draft order is laid before the House, or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of any proposal, or

that any draft order should not be approved,

it shall afford to any government department concerned an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to it or to the sub-committee appointed by it such explanations as the department think fit.

It shall be an instruction to the committee that it report on every draft order (not being a subordinate provisions order) not more than fifteen sitting days after the draft order was laid before the House, indicating in the case of draft orders which it recommends should be approved whether its recommendation was agreed without a division.

In its consideration of draft orders, the committee shall consider in each case all such matters set out in paragraph (6) of this order as are relevant and the extent to which the Minister concerned has had regard to any resolution or report of the committee or to any other representations made during the period for parliamentary consideration.

In its consideration of any subordinate provisions order the committee shall in each case consider whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds on which (in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) of Standing Order No. 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments may draw the attention of the House to a statutory instrument; and if the committee is of the opinion that any such order or draft order should be annulled, or, as the case may be, should not be approved, they shall report that opinion to the House.

every document containing proposals laid before the House under section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001;

every draft order proposed to be made under section 1 of the Act; and

There shall be a select committee, called the Regulatory Reform Committee, to examine-

every subordinate provisions order or draft of such an order made or proposed to be made under sections 1 and 4 of the 2001 Act (except those not made by a Minister of the Crown).

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every proposals document referred to in paragraph 1(i) of this order, either

that a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or

that the proposals should be amended before a draft order is laid before the House; or

that the order-making power should not be used in respect of the proposals.

The committee shall report to the House, in relation to every draft order referred to in paragraph 1(ii) of this order, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved.

The committee may draw the special attention of the House to any subordinate provisions order or draft order referred to in paragraph 1(iii) of this order, and may report its opinion whether or not the order or draft order should be approved or, as the case may be, annulled.

The committee may report to the House on any matter arising from consideration of the said proposals, draft orders or subordinate provisions orders.

In its consideration of proposals the committee shall consider in each case whether the proposals-

appear to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;

remove or reduce a burden or the authorisation or requirement of a burden;

continue any necessary protection;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, adequate consultation;

impose a charge on the public revenues or contain provisions requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government department or to any local or public authority in consideration of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or prescribe the amount of any such charge or payment;

purport to have retrospective effect;

give rise to doubts whether they are intra vires;

require elucidation, are not written in plain English or appear to be defectively drafted;

appear to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union;

prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonable expect to continue to exercise;

satisfy the conditions of proportionality between burdens and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Act;

satisfy the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b) of the Act;

have been the subject of, and take appropriate account of, estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits which may result from their implementation; or

include provisions to be designated in the draft order as subordinate provisions;

and in the case of the latter consideration the committee shall report its opinion whether such a designation should be made, and to what parliamentary proceedings any subordinate provisions orders should be subject.