Parliamentary Control Over Statutory Instruments
Most Statutory Instruments (SIs) are subject to one of two forms of control by Parliament, depending on what is specified in the parent Act.
There is a constitutional convention that the House of Lords does not vote against delegated legislation. It should be noted that Parliament's control is limited to approving, or rejecting, the Instrument as laid before it: it cannot (except in very rare cases) amend or change it.
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