Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Response to reports
This section requires the relevant Minister to lay a written response before Parliament within three months. This is intended to encourage Ministers to engage with the Committee’s recommendations in appropriate detail in a timely manner and support Parliament in scrutinising the policy-making process.
	Subsection (1) requires the Secretary of State to lay a response to a Committee report before Parliament within a certain time limit.
	Subsection (2) specifies this time limit as three months beginning on the date on which the report is published.
	Subsection (3) excludes from this time limit any days when Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, and any periods of more than three days when Parliament is adjourned.