📜 Delegated Legislation

• Employment and Training: The House approved the draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2025, proposed by Gerald Jones. This order was presented to the House on February 5, 2025.

• Local Government: The Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025 was referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee. The order was laid before the House on February 11, 2025, and the referral was proposed by Lucy Powell.

• Church of England Measures: Two measures passed by the General Synod of the Church of England were referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee:

  • The Church Funds Investment Measure (HC 772), laid before the House on March 11, 2025.
  • The Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure (HC 773), also laid before the House on March 11, 2025. Both referrals were proposed by Lucy Powell.

The transcript provided shows no instances of disagreement among the participants. All motions and orders were either agreed to or referred to committees without any recorded objections or debates. For example, the motion regarding the Industrial Training Levy was ‘agreed to’ without any noted dissent. Similarly, the orders related to local government and the Church of England were simply ‘referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee’ without any discussion or disagreement recorded. The absence of any dissenting votes, debates, or any other form of disagreement leads to the conclusion that the session was characterized by consensus and cooperation rather than conflict or disagreement. Hence, the session is rated at a 1, indicating minimal to no disagreement.