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Delegated Legislation and the Erosion of Parliamentary Oversight

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In the UK, over 1,300 statutory instruments (a type of delegated legislation) were passed in 2022, compared to just 33 public Acts of Parliament. This means that the vast majority of new laws are made not by elected representatives in full debate, but by government ministers and civil servants.

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Every year, governments quietly change the law thousands of times without a single vote from MPs. Are parliaments losing their legislative power to the executive?