The Constitution in Review - Fourth Report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring

This position called into question conventional conceptions of the UK government being formed out of Parliament, and the need (on the part of the government and/or the Prime Minister) for possession of the confidence of the Commons. [...] The heavy emphasis upon delegated legislation in the Bill limits the role of Parliament and increases the likelihood of arbitrary executive power that is detrimental to the rule of law; • Uncertainty about the relationship between laws through alterations to pre-existing legal hierarchies inherited from the long period of UK membership of the European Union; • Uncertainty about the precise laws th. [...] The Committee stated that the evidence it received suggested no such statement was needed; that the statement failed to make clear the independence of the Commission, including from the government; and that it might create practical difficulties for the Commission.20 The House of Commons Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission reinforced these views later in the same month.21 These finding. [...] This position presented a challenge to conventional conceptions of the UK government being formed out of Parliament, and the need (on the part of the government and/or the Prime Minister) for possession of the confidence of the Commons. [...] As discussed in our previous report, on 22 April 2022, the Commons agreed a motion in the name of the Leader of the Opposition: ‘That this House— (1) notes that, given the issue of fixed penalty notices by the police in relation to events in 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, assertions the Rt hon Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip has made on the floor of the House about the legality of.