Clause 1 - Purpose
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
10:00 am
Andrew Love (Edmonton, Labour)
I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the dilemmas of trying to reduce regulation within the Government bureaucracy. However, I was a member of the former Regulatory Reform Committee, and when we expressed concern about the lack of deregulation measures, the civil service response was that it was not worth them presenting measures under the then Act because of the onerous conditions for consultation. They needed something stronger so that the deregulatory measures could be more meaningful. Should we not take that into account in reaching agreement about the terms of the Bill?