Clause 9
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords]
12:00 pm
Judy Mallaber (PPS (Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland, President of the Council (Leader of the House of Lords)), Privy Council Office; Amber Valley, Labour)
This is potentially an extremely useful part of the Bill. Will my hon. Friend advise us on how open it would be for local authorities to use this measure to express their concerns about regulatory functions? For example, will they be able to talk about the way that other Government agencies, besides those with which they are directly involved, exercise their regulatory functions, or will they be able only to comment and pass advice via LBRO back to Ministers specifically in relation to their own regulatory functions? Potentially, it could be an extremely useful mechanism that provides a sounding board and guidance to Ministers across a broad range of issues in relation to a regulatory regime that impinges on a local authority’s constituents.