Clause 21 - Code of practice: procedure
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
10:00 am
David Heath (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Leader of the House, Law Officers (Constitutional Affairs); Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
The Minister is nodding, so I am hopeful of a positive response; all is sweetness and light this morning.
It is desperately important that we hear what the effect will be, particularly on small businesses. For many of us they are the prime concern, because it is they who carry the greatest burden of regulation. We need an effective way of knowing how the provisions will affect them, and whether it meets their requirements in reducing the burden on them.