4: Legislating for Seismic Events: An Examination of the Role of Delegated Legislation

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27 Jun 2023
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71–90
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https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529220766.ch004
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Brexit was to be the biggest challenge faced by the British administrative state before the arrival of COVID-19. Westminster relied on delegated legislation to respond to both events. This chapter examines the way that Parliament was sidelined during the process of legislating for exiting the European Union and COVID-19. It uses specific examples from those two contexts and links them directly to much more longstanding debates about the role of delegated legislation in the UK’s constitutional system.

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