Clause 1 - Purpose
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
11:00 am
Oliver Heald (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Assisted By Shadow Solicitor General), Constitutional Affairs; North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 20, in clause 1, page 1, line 7, after ‘legislation’, insert
‘for
(i)the removal or reduction of any burden,
(ii)the re-enacting of provision having the effect of imposing any burden, in cases where the burden is proportionate to the benefit which is expected to result from the re-enactment,
(iii)the making of new provision having the effect of imposing a burden which—
(a)affects any person in the carrying on of the activity, but
(b)is proportionate to the benefit which is expected to result from its creation, and
(iv)the removal of inconsistencies and anomalies.’.