Select Committee on Regulatory Reform First Report


Appendix F

E-mails from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Clerk of the Committee and letter from the Audit Commission to the Department for Communities and Local Government

(i) From the Department for Communities and Local Government

In answer to your questions-

i) A letter has already been sent to the Audit Commission seeking their views on the below and CLG have requested a response by w/e 23rd November 2007.

ii) We would then be happy to notify the committee of the Audit Commission response as soon as they are made available to us.

Should you need anything further please do contact myself or Yvonne Dove.

16 November 2007

(ii) From the Department for Communities and Local Government

We've been fortunate enough to have received a quick response from the AC, please see the attached document.

The letter refers to the order as a whole, however we did ask them specifically about the Overseas Assistance Act, as per your question, and directed the Commission towards chapter 7 of the consultation paper.

16 November 2007

(iii) From the Audit Commission

Thank you for your letter of 15 November seeking our view on the proposed Legislative Reform Order, and enclosing the consultation paper which underpins it.

The proposal seems to be very much in line with the policy of lifting unnecessary burdens from local authorities, and I can confirm that the Commission supports it.

16 November 2007


 
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