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Emergency powers are temporary

Emergency powers are temporary

Ministers should return them after use, say peers

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jun 10, 2021
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Parliament merely lends emergency powers to ministers, a committee of peers says in a report published today. These powers are not granted permanently and should be given back as soon as possible.

This thesis, put forward by the House of Lords constitution committee this morning in its latest report on the pandemic, may be more aspirational than actual. …

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