PLSAssist app

PLSAssist helps parliaments review whether legislation works after adoption

PLSAssist is an AI-supported workspace for post-legislative scrutiny. It helps parliamentary teams organise a review, work through WFD methodology, analyse supporting documents, and draft grounded outputs while keeping human judgement in control.

WFD is the partner organisation and source of PLS expertise. PLSAssist is the app that turns WFD guidance and user-supplied evidence into a practical review workspace.

Inside PLSAssist

A guided PLS review workspace

1 Create a review and define its scope, objectives, jurisdiction, and collaborators.
2 Upload legislation, reports, consultation materials, and evidence for source-grounded assistance.
3 Use tab-aware prompts to move from evidence to findings, recommendations, and report drafting.

What is PLS?

Checking whether legislation works after adoption

Post-legislative scrutiny is the practice of monitoring how legislation is implemented and evaluating whether it achieves its intended impact for citizens. It helps parliaments learn what happened after legislation passed and where follow-up may be needed.

WFD methodology

A structured but flexible review process

WFD's PLS manual sets out practical guidance for preparing, organising, and following up on PLS activities. PLSAssist reflects the 11-step approach while allowing teams to enter the process where their review actually is.

Purpose of PLSAssist

Make expert guidance usable in daily work

PLSAssist turns WFD research, methodology, and user-supplied evidence into a practical workspace for parliamentary staff. It supports, but does not replace, the judgement of reviewers and committees.

How PLSAssist helps

From source material to review-ready outputs

The app combines a structured PLS workflow with document analysis and a tab-aware assistant. It is designed for parliamentary staff who need to gather evidence, organise findings, and prepare draft materials without losing track of sources and limitations.

Workflow guidance

Move through scoping, legislation, evidence, stakeholders, consultations, analysis, and reports in one place.

Document grounding

Upload review materials so assistant responses can be tied to the evidence available in the workspace.

Drafting support

Generate provisional summaries, report structures, findings, and recommendations for human review.

Human control

Keep decisions, interpretations, and final publication authority with the parliamentary team.

PLSAssist is built from WFD practice and tested with parliamentary users

WFD has helped parliaments around the world pioneer post-legislative scrutiny. PLSAssist applies that experience to a practical AI-assisted workspace for real PLS reviews.