Clause 20 - Code of practice
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
10:00 am
Jim Murphy (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office; East Renfrewshire, Labour)
That is entirely the case. I should also like to reassure the hon. Member for Christchurch that non-legal sanctions exist on regulators, including National Audit Office and Audit Commission reports. Those are additional pressures and areas of accountability and respect for regulators. If the hon. Gentleman has evidence that that aspect of the 2001 Act has not worked and has been a deterrent, he is entirely at liberty to bring that evidence to the House’s attention before Report.