Download or read book Special Report written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee has published a report, alongside a report from the Constitution Committee, in response to the Strathclyde Review of the House of Lords’ role in the scrutiny of secondary legislation. The Strathclyde Review was set up by the Government in response to the House of Lords’ decision to decline to consider draft regulations which would have made significant changes to the thresholds and rates at which tax credits could be claimed, until certain conditions were met. In criticism of the focus of Strathclyde Review, the DPPRC says that the Review is “based on a misunderstanding about the difference between primary and delegated legislation”. Reflecting serious concern about the fact that successive governments have proposed primary legislation containing broad and poorly-defined delegated powers, the DPRRC also notes that weakening parliamentary scrutiny of delegated legislation, as proposed by Lord Strathclyde “would tilt the balance of power away from Parliament ... towards Government.”