The idea
Scrap Secondary Legislation
Secondary legislation is misused by the civil service to create regulations for its own convenience, and without adequate (usually without any) Parliamentary input.
If proposed legislation does not warrant parliamentary scrutiny, then it obviously does not warrant a place on the statute books.
And it is utterly ridiculous that unelected bureaucrats have more chance of making a new law than any elected Member of Parliament
Why is it important?
There is a common misconception in this country that our laws are made in Westminster.
Some people think they are made in Brussels
Very few realise that 99% of our laws are made in Whitehall, by unelectable, unaccountable civil servants, rubber-stamped by puppet ministers, and subjected to no effective Parliamentary scrutiny whatsoever.
In a typical year, Parliament passes about 30 new laws, but 3000-4000 new Statutory Instruments come into force.
Secondary Legislation makes a mockery of the principle of "Parliamentary Democracy" and of the rule of law.