Government Regulation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 January 2001.

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Photo of Graham Stringer Graham Stringer Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) 12:00, 17 January 2001

My hon. Friend is right. We shall not repeat some of the simplistic and asinine comments made by the previous Administration who, for example, said that they would burn vast amounts of red tape, yet proceeded to introduce 13 times as many petty regulations as existed before. As my hon. Friend knows, the Regulatory Reform Bill seeks to remove unnecessary red tape, particularly that resulting from overlapping regulatory regimes. We have put before Parliament a number of examples of how that legislation will improve regulations.