Independent report

Strathclyde Review: secondary legislation and the primacy of the House of Commons

This report by Lord Strathclyde concludes his review into how to provide the House of Commons with a decisive role on secondary legislation.

• From: Cabinet Office and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 17 December 2015
• Last updated: 1 December 2016
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  1. 1 December 2016

     Added government response to the Strathclyde review.

  2. 17 December 2015

     First published.

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Strathclyde review: secondary legislation and the primacy of the House of Commons (web version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474126885, Cm. 9177

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Strathclyde review: secondary legislation and the primacy of the House of Commons (print version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474126878, Cm. 9177

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Government response to the Strathclyde review (web version)

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Government response to the Strathclyde review (print version)

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Details

In October 2015, the Prime Minister commissioned Lord Strathclyde to lead a short review. The review examined how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to its primacy on financial matters and secondary legislation.

Lord Strathclyde’s report lists 3 options for providing the House of Commons with a decisive role on statutory instruments and makes recommendations to the government.

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