Today the Constitution Unit, with the support of the Constitution Society, is publishing the second edition of The Constitutional Standards of the House of Lords Constitution Committee. The report, by Jack Simson Caird, Robert Hazell and Dawn Oliver, contains a code of 140 constitutional standards, covering five areas: the rule of law, delegated powers, the separation of powers, individual rights and parliamentary procedure. The second edition extracts and codifies standards from all 168 reports of the House of Lords’ Constitution Committee published from its inception in 2001 to the end of the 2010-2015 Parliament.
Related Links
- The Constitutional Standards of the House of Lords Constitution Committee: Second Edition is available to read and download here.
- Read a blog post about the report by Jack Simson Caird: The Constitutional Standards of the House of Lords’ Constitution Committee: A valuable tool for enhancing scrutiny