Standard recommendations for papers proposing a government response to a Law Commission report

Below is the format for recommendations for a paper seeking approval by the Cabinet Legislation Committee (LEG) of the government response to a Law Commission report.

The Minister of xx recommends that the Cabinet Legislation Committee:

1.  note that on xx [date], the Minister Responsible for the Law Commission presented the Law Commission's report entitled xx to the House;

2.  note that the Law Commission recommended that the government:

     xx [summarise key recommendations of Law Commission's report];

3.  note that on xx [date],

     xx [summarise any relevant policy decisions taken with appropriate minute references];

4.  note the submission of the Minister of xx and in particular his/her advice that:

     xx [summarise main points of the proposed government response];

5.  approve the proposed government response, attached to this submission, to the report of the Law Commission entitled xx;

6.  note that the government response must be presented to the House by xx [date specified in the Cabinet Office request for response];

7.  invite the Minister of xx to present the government response to the House.

Note: The above format is set out on the basis of prior approval of the relevant policy issue. If necessary, the proposed government response could be prepared and considered by a policy committee at the same time as the policy is considered. In that case, the above recommendations should be adapted and added to the policy paper. There would then be no need for the proposed government response to be considered by LEG.

The process for government responses to Law Commission reports

The standard format for a government response to a Law Commission report