Clause 23 - “Regulatory functions”
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
1:15 pm
Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)
Because I know that we have to finish our deliberations by 4 pm and I thought that it would be better to give a representative example, rather than going through an exhaustive list. To answer the hon. Gentleman’s point directly, if he looks at annexe B of the Hampton report, he will see that paragraph 20 contains a list of what it describes as “Notable UK Regulators”. First on that list is none other than the HMRC. I concede that the Standards Board is not on the list—it certainly is not so high up, anyway—but the HMRC is right at the top, which is why I have tended to dwell on that organisation.