Holding ministers to account

Baroness Butler-Sloss says parliament is being denied its proper say

One of the most senior retired judges in the House of Lords has complained about a “distinct creep… away from parliamentary scrutiny” — and not just in the upper house.

Baroness Butler-Sloss, a former president of the High Court family division, said parliament must not allow the government of the day to turn it into a “yes-man”, as she called it.

“I reme…