This guidance is designed to help officials deal with some commonly occurring policy issues that are dealt with by adopting a commonly occurring legislative solution.
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Thursday, 04 March 2021
Thursday, 04 March 2021
This guidance is designed to help officials deal with some commonly occurring policy issues that are dealt with by adopting a commonly occurring legislative solution.
Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Evlogi Kabzamalov shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Evlogi Kabzamalov shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Andrew Wright shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Andrew Wright shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Amy Perkins shares her experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Guidance for members of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and government drafters on the Sentencing Code.
Thursday, 29 August 2019
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the certification of bills as money bills.
Thursday, 29 August 2019
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on section 2 of the Parliament Act 1911.
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on financial resolutions in connection with bills.
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on financial resolutions in connection with bills.
Thursday, 03 January 2019
This guidance, for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC), explains how to draft amendments to bills.
Friday, 28 September 2018
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the need for Queen's or Prince's consent, and the process to follow.
Monday, 24 September 2018
Jack Connah shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Monday, 24 September 2018
Shuchi Shah shares her experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Monday, 24 September 2018
Jenny Munday shares her experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Tuesday, 06 March 2018
A way of interesting civil servants in the legislative process.
Monday, 13 June 2016
Caroline MacBeath shares her experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Monday, 13 June 2016
Justin Leslie shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Monday, 13 June 2016
Anthony Brown shares his experiences working for the Parliamentary Counsel.
Friday, 20 November 2015
Elizabeth Gardiner has been appointed as the First Parliamentary Counsel and new Permanent Secretary for the Government in Parliament Group.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Cabinet Office is participating in Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connect people with parliamentary democracy.
Friday, 20 June 2014
Richard Heaton gave the 2014 Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture on legislation and good law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Richard Heaton gave a talk at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on common law and statute law.
Friday, 15 November 2013
For the first time, Cabinet Office is opening to the public as part of Parliament Week – a programme of events that aims to bring the democratic process closer to people.
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
'Good law news' is a bimonthly newsletter with news and developments relating to the good law programme and its implementation.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
The government has launched the ‘good law’ initiative to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
The government has launched the ‘good law’ initiative to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens.
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