Fast-track legislation What efforts have been made to ensure the amount of time made available for parliamentary scrutiny has been maximised?
The Act was introduced as soon as possible after the announcement of the intention to introduce a Health and Social Care Levy. While the Act reflects an important and significant policy, the Act is short (containing only 5 substantive sections). In the House of Commons, the principle of the policy was debated in the context of the ways and means resolution on which it was introduced.