parliamentary effectiveness

• 1.volume of delegated legislation - difficult to control

  
  

  not all of it can be given proper scrutiny - before coming into force

  much of it is passed without proper checks

  
  

  very difficult to remove a piece of legislation - once it has come into force
• 2.lack of expertise

  
  

  made in a very technical way - those scrutinising it will often not have the sufficient knowledge of / expertise - in the relevant law

  
  

  to access whether is has been validly made
• 3.scrunting committees lack of power

  
  

  can only make recommendations to parliament - may or may not choose to act on those recommendations

  
  

  no power to alter the regulations - stop them from becoming law

  often referred to as ' watchdogs with no teeth'
• 4.the affirmative revolution is rarely use + lengthy

  
  

  when used there will be debate in parliament - important and potentially controversial matters

  
  

  time consuming and relies on time being allocated - for debate

  dispute on the issue - government will win - majority in the house
• 5.the negative resolution process is limited

  
  

  as most SI's use negative resolution procedure - too many - only some will be looked at in detail

  
  

  considered to have a limited effect - no strict requirements to look at SI's - under this procedure

  
  

  legislation made this wat is not challenged and automatically becomes law - after 40 days