HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 c248W
37. Mr. Steen

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to review the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

Under the Government's deregulation initiative, Departments are reviewing all 3,500 regulations for which they are responsible which impose burdens upon business.

The document "Deregulation: Cutting Red Tape" published on 19 January sets out at pages 36 to 44 the deregulatory action my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has already taken and is considering taking to revise the Environmental Protection Act 1990.