Appendix
Letter from Mr Jim Murphy MP, Minister for the
Cabinet Office, to the Chairman of the Committee
Response to the Regulatory Reform Committee's
First Special Report of Session 2005-06
I am writing in response to the Regulatory Reform
Committee's First Special Report of Session 2005-2006 about the
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill.
As you know, the Bill will:
- Make it quicker and easier to remove or reform
out-dated, unnecessary or over-complicated legislation (including
gold-plating), and so create a better regulatory environment.
- Help bring about a risk-based approach to regulation
by requiring certain regulators to have regard to the Better Regulation
Commissions' five principles of good regulation.
- Reduce the amount of bureaucracy around the implementation
of European Community law in the UK, and make it easier for the
regulated to understand and apply UK legislation which implements
Community law.
I would like to thank the Committee for its on-going
scrutiny and the support they have expressed for the overall objectives
of the Bill. I would also like to thank the Committee for the
opportunity they gave myself and officials to present evidence
to them on Tuesday 13th December 2005.
The report itself provides both useful detail to
facilitate discussion during the Bills passage through both Houses
of Parliament as well as specific recommendations. It is to these
- at Annex A - I look to address in this, my initial response.
24 February 2006
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