Updated: Government response to the consultation added.
Working with colleagues from the Cabinet Office, Parliament and the Legislation team at the National Archives, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has helped to develop a proposed new format for explanatory notes. The new format aims to make them accessible in a user friendly form across multiple platforms.
If you have any comments or suggestions on the new format, please email good.law@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible (and by 31 January 2015 at the latest).
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