HC Deb 15 December 1994 vol 251 cc755-6W
Mr. Trend

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the compliance cost assessments published during the past year.

Mr. Jonathan Evans

Since April 1993, the Government have required Departments to prepare and publish compliance cost assessments with all proposed legislation presented to Parliament to assess their impact on business costs. This includes a special test of the impact on small businesses. CCAs are central to the Government's deregulation initiative and are a vital part of the decision making process. They are used to help Parliamentary consideration of regulatory proposals and to give business the opportunity to respond to proposals.

A Command Paper listing those CCAs published between November 1993 to June 1994 has been presented to Parliament today by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade. Copies of the CCAs listed are available in the House Library. Further Command Papers listing CCAs published in the preceding six-month period will be published at six-monthly intervals.

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