§ Mr. SproatTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the main measures of deregulation, or simplification of regulation, which his Department has carried out, or caused to be carried out, since 9 April.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonMy Department continues to make a good contribution to the Government's deregulation initiative. Since 9 April 1992 the main measures are as follows
Nine partnerships have been established between local authorities and businesses as a result of a DTI initiative to make local authority regulation more effective arid less burdensome;The companies Act 1985 (Accounts of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Publications of Accounts in ECUs) Regulations 1992 has come into effect and reduces the burden of reporting on small and medium-sized companies;A scrutiny of the procedures for approving and monitoring oil and gas field development and production activity offshore and onshore has been completed. Its overall effect will be to bring about a more streamlined system for approving developments and the scrutiny's recommendations will be implemented in the near future;A new telecommunications class licence, which revoked the class licence for the running of branch telecommunications system and clarifies, simplifies and improves arrangements for the provision of resale services from rented telecommunications capacity;A new radiocommunications licence for road contractors, which removes the previous need for a separate
United Kingdom imports and manufacturers' sales1 (£ millions) (1) United Kingdom manufacturers' sales2 Civil aircraft and parts4 Washing machines Cameras Televisions Computers Ships and boats Cars and commercial vehicles Motor cycles 1979 5— 168 45 395 347 — 4,424 — 1980 353 178 37 395 413 — 4,295 — 1981 417 167 38 405 364 648 4,032 — 1982 477 178 29 431 391 1,072 4,388 — 1983 582 207 34 508 548 1,101 4,267 4 1984 712 210 34 494 948 1,037 4,856 — 1985 836 230 33 494 1,279 1,387 6,078 — 1986 1,099 231 56 516 1,032 575 6,517 — 1987 1,009 259 59 592 1,957 835 8,669 — 1988 1,333 276 45 607 2,394 900 9,838 4 1989 1,501 247 56 545 2,445 1,080 10,941 3 1990 1,860 268 — 848 2,684 1,216 — 1 1991 1,700 245 — 1,004 — 1,160 10,648 —
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(2) United Kingdom Imports3 1979 — 59 64 117 190 — 2,978 100 1980 — 59 69 105 247 270 2,464 128 1981 227 70 87 — 399 233 2,448 117 1982 245 77 85 187 494 267 3,295 87 1983 378 93 91 251 723 110 4,232 88 1984 479 100 102 249 916 299 4,322 68 licence for each contract.
Work is currently going on in my Department to identify a new programme of work under the deregulation initiative for 1993 and beyond.