Henry VIII powers and parliamentary sovereignty | Letters

Statutory instruments canbe amended or repealed, unlike EU legislation, writes J Cameron SmithStatutory instruments are not quite the archaic devices they are being portrayed as (Report, 12 September). They are regularly used to make adjustments to the law. Around 3,500 of them are created in a normal year. Parliament can debate and reject them, although it is admittedly a rather cumbersome process. But whatever legislation is created, whether by act of parliament or SI, can later be amended or