§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the statement of the Secretary of State for the Environment of 21 November 1995,Official Report, column 454, if he will make it his policy to review past legislation in respect of additional burdens imposed by regulations implementing European directives. [5066]
§ Mr. Boswell[holding answer 1I December 1995]: It is the policy in the Department to ensure that we do not gold-plate European directives by the addition of 581W unnecessary burdens when implementing them in the United Kingdom. We will take every opportunity to look at existing legislation in the light of this policy.