Draft negative Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Commons
Instruments subject to the draft negative procedure are laid in draft and do not require approval in Parliament before being signed in law. Instruments concerning taxation are not laid in the Lords. Either House may pass a motion within the objection period which prevents the instrument being signed into law. The instrument cannot be signed into law by a Minister until the end of the objection period.
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The Social Security Advisory Committee gives advice and assistance to the Secretary of State. Under Section 172 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, where the Secretary of State proposes to make regulations under any of the relevant enactments of the Act, they shall refer the proposals to the Committee. Under section 174 of the Act, he Committee shall make a report containing recommendations with regard to the proposals. The report will be laid before Parliament alongside any regulations.
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