1. GOOD LAW How can it contribute to inclusion? Office of the Parliamentary Counsel UNCLASSIFIED

2. Some history “I wish that the superfluous and tedious statutes were brought into one sum together, and made more plain and short.” Edward VI (1537-1553) “The law is regarded by its users as intricate and intimidating..we should regard the current degree of difficulty as neither inevitable nor acceptable.” Richard Heaton CB, First Parliamentary Counsel, April 2013 2 UNCLASSIFIED

3. Legislation is important 3 UNCLASSIFIED protects resolves helps gives opportunities empowers provides stability can hinder economic activity can create burden for people and businesses difficult to comply with intricate and complex But...

4. “Schedule 2? I’m not sure what that is. It shouldn’t be this hard to work out. This a real wind up! They do this all the time.” (HR specialist, TNA research) Artists: Noah Spahn A changing audience? Who uses legislation today? legislation.gov.uk over 2 million unique visitors per month 450,000,000 page views to in 2012 UNCLASSIFIED

5. 5 This is what the statute book looks like. UNCLASSIFIED

6. Vision for good law 6 UNCLASSIFIED necessaryclear accessible coherent effective

7. Quality of the statute book User experience How do we get there? internal partners &external partners Engage, invite ideas

8. How can we work together to promote good law? Should we change our approach to lawmaking? How do we help users find the law they need? Talk to us... Visit: www.gov.uk/good-lawwww.gov.uk/good-law Email: GoodLaw@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.ukGoodLaw@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk Good law blog: www.good-law.tumblr.comwww.good-law.tumblr.com On Twitter: #goodlaw#goodlaw 8 UNCLASSIFIED What next?