Hi all,

The Quad and I would just like to make a quick ruling on the large numbers of bills which "require a report to be written", or similar demands of Secretaries. You're welcome to still include these requirements in your bills as part of your legislation, but it is assumed that the civil service can actually write the report. There is no requirement for the government to write the reports, unless they'd actually like to, in which case they can. But they cannot be attacked for not doing these tasks, as it's assumed that the civil service will handle it.

This includes statements, although the quad reserves the right to make particularly pertinent statements (e.g. on Brexit) mandatory at our discretion (though we are never obliged to do this).

If the "civil service" explanation is perfect, just treat requirements as canon but not meta.