Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 16 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(1) what regulations his Department introduced between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011;
(2) what regulations his Department removed between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
The Department for Communities and Local Government is committed to removing bureaucracy and unnecessary burdens contained within existing secondary legislation and other forms of regulation.
In this context, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my right hon. Friend Mr Redwood of
Subsequent to that answer:
We have scrapped planning rules which forced up parking charges and imposed artificial caps on parking spaces in new homes.
We have made changes to the regulations governing Homes in Multiple Occupation to allow areas experiencing problems with Homes in Multiple Occupation to put in place local solutions without imposing unnecessary burdens on the whole of the country.
We have cut red tape to make it easier for communities to hold street parties for the Royal Wedding.
The Localism Bill has been introduced to Parliament. The Bill seeks to achieve a substantial and lasting shift in power away from central Government and towards local people. Reducing bureaucracy is one of the key aims of this Bill and we have committed to a number of bold and transformative measures in order to achieve this aim.
We have also carried out an extensive review to identify the changes that are needed to Building Regulations and are working up detailed proposals for consultation towards the end of this year, taking forward the spending review 2010 commitment to reduce the overall regulatory burden on house-builders.
We are also working to remove bureaucratic barriers that hold back local action, and have opened up a 'Barrier Busting' website for communities to identify them.
All future regulations will be developed in full compliance with the Government's one-in, one-out rules-meaning that new regulatory burdens we impose on businesses will be given full consideration to ensure that the costs being imposed are offset by reductions in the overall cost of regulation imposed by the Department.
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