§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all those regulations affecting small firms which have been abolished by his Department in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Charles WardleSuch statistics have never been assembled before. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade is finalising a centralised record of Government regulations against which progress on deregulation will be monitored in future. The Home Office will contribute to this record.