Policing and Crime Bill
12:00 pm
James Brokenshire (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Hornchurch, Conservative)
That is helpful. You mentioned small businesses and I come back to the statement in the regulatory impact assessment that
“there is the potential for significant transitional costs, including job losses and the closure of small businesses.”
We heard evidence during the week that that might be quite significant, particularly for smaller businesses. What discussions have you undertaken with Ministers or officials in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about the extent and nature of that, and any mitigation?