How did the Commons respond to the covid-19 pandemic?
The House of Commons changed many of its working practices in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Some of these changes were retained, but most were not.
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Drafting Legislation and the Parliamentary Counsel Office (74 KB , PDF)
The Parliamentary Counsel is a team of lawyers which drafts government bills before they are introduced into Parliament and works on other legal aspects of parliamentary business. This note describes the work of the Parliamentary Counsel Office, and its structure. It also briefly considers the implications of the growing use of pre-legislative scrutiny on the work of the Office.
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Drafting Legislation and the Parliamentary Counsel Office (74 KB , PDF)
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