The Regulatory Reform Committee
The Regulatory Reform Committee is appointed under
Standing Order No. 141 to consider and report to the House of
Commons on proposals for regulatory reform orders under the Regulatory
Reform Act 2001 and, subsequently, any ensuing draft regulatory
reform order. It will also consider any "subordinate provisions
order" made under the same Act.
Current membership
Andrew Miller (Labour, Ellesmere Port & Neston)
(Chairman)
Gordon Banks (Labour, Ochil and South Perthshire)
Lorely Burt (Liberal Democrat, Solihull)
Mr James Gray (Conservative, North Wiltshire)
Stephen Hammond (Conservative, Wimbledon)
John Hemming (Liberal Democrat, Birmingham, Yardley)
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour, Gateshead East &
Washington West)
Mr Stewart Jackson (Conservative, Peterborough)
Dr Doug Naysmith (Labour/Co-operative, Bristol
North West)
Mr Jamie Reed (Labour, Copeland)
Alison Seabeck (Labour, Plymouth, Devonport)
Mr Andrew Slaughter (Labour, Ealing, Acton &
Shepherd's Bush)
Ms Angela C Smith (Labour, Sheffield, Hillsborough)
Mr Anthony Steen (Conservative, Totnes)
Criteria against which the Committee considers
each proposal
Paragraph (6) of Standing Order No.141 requires us
to consider any proposal for a regulatory reform order against
the following criteria:
… whether the proposal—
(a) appears to make an inappropriate use of delegated
legislation;
(b) removes or reduces a burden or the authorisation
or requirement of a burden;
(c) continues any necessary protection;
(d) has been the subject of, and takes appropriate account of,
adequate consultation;
(e) imposes a charge on the public revenues or contains provisions
requiring payments to be made to the Exchequer or any government
department or to any local or public authority in consideration
of any licence or consent or of any services to be rendered, or
prescribes the amount of any such charge or payment;
(f) purports to have retrospective effect;
(g) gives rise to doubts whether it is intra vires;
(h) requires elucidation, is not written in plain English or appears
to be defectively drafted;
(i) appears to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from
membership of the European Union;
(j) prevents any person from continuing to exercise any right
or freedom which he might reasonably expect to continue to exercise;
(k) satisfies the conditions of proportionality between burdens
and benefits set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Regulatory Reform
Act 2001;
(l) satisfies the test of desirability set out in section 3(2)(b)
of the 2001 Act;
(m) has been the subject of, and takes appropriate account of,
estimates of increases or reductions in costs or other benefits
which may result from its implementation; or
(n) includes provisions to be designated in the draft order as
subordinate provisions.
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk/regrefcom. A list of Reports of the Committee
in the present Session of Parliament is at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Mick Hillyard
(Clerk), Stuart Deacon (Committee Specialist) and Liz Booth (Secretary/Committee
Assistant).
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Regulatory Reform Committee, Delegated Legislation Office,
House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number
for general enquiries is 020 7219 2837; the Committee's email
address is regrefcom@parliament.uk.
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