The Regulatory Reform Committee
The Regulatory Reform Committee (previously the Deregulation
and Regulatory Reform Committee) is appointed to consider and
report to the House on draft Legislative Reform Orders under the
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006. Its full remit is
set out in S.O. No. 141, which were approved on 4 July.
Current membership
Andrew Miller (Labour, Ellesmere Port & Neston)
(Chairman)
Gordon Banks (Labour, Ochil and South Perthshire)
Lorely Burt (Liberal Democrat, Solihull)
Mr Quentin Davies (Labour, Grantham and Stamford)
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)
Judy Mallaber (Labour, Amber Valley)
Dr Doug Naysmith (Labour/Co-operative, Bristol
North West)
Mr Jamie Reed (Labour, Copeland)
Mr Anthony Steen (Conservative, Totnes)
Phil Wilson (Labour, Sedgefield)
Criteria against which the Committee considers
each draft legislative reform order
Paragraph (3) of Standing Order No.141 requires us
to consider any draft legislative reform order against the following
criteria:
… whether the draft legislative reform order
—
(a) appears to make
an inappropriate use of delegated legislation;
(b) serves the purpose
of removing or reducing a burden, or the overall burdens, resulting
directly or indirectly for any person from any legislation (in
respect of a draft Order under section 1 of the Act);
(c) serves the purpose
of securing that regulatory functions are exercised so
as to comply with the regulatory principles, as set out in section
2(3) of the Act (in respect of a draft Order under section 2 of
the Act);
(d) secures a policy
objective which could not be satisfactorily secured by non-legislative
means;
(e) has an effect
which is proportionate to the policy objective;
(f) strikes a fair
balance between the public interest and the interests of any person
adversely affected by it;
(g) does not remove
any necessary protection;
(h) does not prevent
any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which
that person might reasonably expect to continue to exercise;
(i) is not of constitutional
significance;
(j) makes the law
more accessible or more easily understood (in the case of provisions
restating enactments);
(k) has been the
subject of, and takes appropriate account of, adequate consultation;
(l) gives rise to
an issue under such criteria for consideration of statutory instruments
laid down in paragraph (1) of Standing Order No 151 (Statutory
Instruments (Joint Committee)) as are relevant;
(m) appears to be
incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of
the European Union;
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 John Whatley
(Clerk), Judy Goodall, Acting Inquiry Manager, 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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