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Regulatory Reform

Thursday 14 September 2023 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Theresa Villiers asked about recent progress on regulatory reform.
  • The Minister stated the Department is reducing regulatory burdens for business through the smarter regulation programme.
  • Villiers pressed for more urgency in using Brexit freedoms to modernise regulation to grow the economy and raise living standards.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Theresa Villiers Con
Business Compliance Business & Trade
Context

The question follows a period of regulatory review and reform aimed at easing business burdens and promoting economic growth.

Question

What recent progress has been made on regulatory reform?

Answer from Kevin Hollinrake

My Department is making it easier to do business every single day. Our smarter regulation programme—which includes implementation of the reforms recommended in the report by the taskforce on innovation, growth and regulatory reform—reduces regulatory burdens for business and reduces costs for consumers. We have announced reforms to employment law, wine regulation and product safety regulations, and further reforms will be announced soon.

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Q2 Theresa Villiers Con
Economy Brexit Business & Trade
Context

The question addresses the need for increased urgency in regulatory reforms across various sectors, leveraging post-Brexit freedoms to drive economic growth.

Question

I thank the Minister for his answer, but can we have more urgency across Departments on regulatory reform? Using our Brexit freedoms to modernise our regulation is a key way to grow the economy and raise living standards, so can we see more progress on reforming regulation in areas such as personal data, clinical trials, agri-tech and satellites?

Answer from Kevin Hollinrake

My right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet is absolutely right to push us on this issue. We are working across Government to implement reforms. So far, we have delivered 10 of the 69 recommendations identified in the TIGRR report, in areas such as offshore wind and reforms to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Delivery of a further 49 is ongoing, in high-profile areas such as artificial intelligence reform, easing clinical trials, pensions, the ability to invest in venture capital, the General Data Protection Regulation and the seed enterprise investment scheme, all of which is saving businesses billions of pounds.

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