Part of Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 17 June 2008.
Mark Prisk
Shadow Minister (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
12:15,
17 June 2008
I want to pursue the relationship between the LBRO and other regulators. The Clause does not deal with local authorities, but other regulators such as the Environment Agency, the Food Standards Agency, the Gambling Commission, the Health and Safety Executive and the Office of Fair Trading. We all know that those bodies all have other duties beyond the specific regulatory matters dealt with under the Bill. To put it briefly, what happens when the LBRO’s priority or guidance is perceived by those regulators as being contrary to their work or in danger of being in conflict with other duties? A classic example could be the Environment Agency, which clearly has other duties under law beyond the immediate regulatory issues that are before us.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
