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Xxxxxxxx and F. Xx Xxxxxxxxx, Regulatory quality in Europe: concepts, measures and processes (Manchester University Press, Manchester 2007) 33. 1071 H. Xxxxxxxx, ‘Drafting manuals and quality in legislation. Positive contribution towards certainty in the law or impediment to the necessity for dynamism of rules?’ 4 Legispru- dence 2 (2010) 111-128, 120. 1072 House of Commons (Political and Constitutional Reform Committee), Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation, vol I, Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence (1st report of session 2013-2014) (The Stationary Office, London 2013) <xxxxx://xxxxxxx- xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx/xx/xx000000/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/00/00.xxx> (accessed 29 March 2018). A brief discussion of the document can be found in X. Xxxxxxx, ‘Ensuring xxxx- dards in the quality of legislation’ 34 Statute law review 3 (2013) 296-299. 1073 House of Commons, Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation (n 1072) 5. 1074 1075 ibid, 18 and 47. ibid, 21. Kingdom? Certainly not, as drafting manuals are neither a sufficient, nor the only way to achieve legislative quality.1076 The codification process has not yet been successfully concluded and it remains uncertain whether it will in the future; in a response on the report’s publication, the government stated that ‘[it] does not believe that a Code of Legislative Standards is necessary or would be effective in ensuring quality legislation’.1077 Nevertheless, it is interesting to briefly examine the draft Code of Legislative Standards, which encompasses fourteen subjects.1078 From this examination it becomes clear that the draft code exclusively covers legislative drafts’ substantive aspects. Although formal criteria seem to emerge as part of the standard of ‘understandability and accessibility’ of the draft, a closer look reveals that this element refers to purpose or over- view clauses, definitions, formulae and new drafting techniques or innova- tions. indeed, it is expressly noted in the report that the document does not contain ‘set standards for drafting’.1079 The legislative standards included in the draft code are formulated as commands or questions. For instance, the legislative draft should make clear how the bill relates to existing legisla- tion, including EU legislation. Also it must be explained what the policy objectives of the bill are, its desired outcome and why legislation was necessary to fulfill the policy objective. With regard to the involvement of stakeholders, the draft...
