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Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on section 2 of the Parliament Act 1911.
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is a group of government lawyers who specialise in drafting legislation.
The home of Office of the Parliamentary Counsel on GOV.UK. The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is a group of government lawyers who specialise in drafting legislation. We work closely with departments to translate policy…
A way of interesting civil servants in the legislative process.
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) who are programming bills for Parliament.
Elizabeth Gardiner has been appointed as the First Parliamentary Counsel and new Permanent Secretary for the Government in Parliament Group.
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has published a proposed new format for explanatory notes, which help explain the contents of bills.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Cabinet Office is participating in Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connect people with parliamentary democracy.
Richard Heaton gave the 2014 Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture on legislation and good law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
The results of a survey on how government could improve explanatory notes for bills and acts.
Richard Heaton gave a talk at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on common law and statute law.
For the first time, Cabinet Office is opening to the public as part of Parliament Week – a programme of events that aims to bring the democratic process closer to people.
The government has launched the ‘good law’ initiative to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens.
Review by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel into the causes of complex legislation.
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