§ Mr. SteenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will ensure that the enforcement provisions contained in the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 apply to all regulations for which his Department is responsible, past, present and future; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in a speech to the British Retail Consortium on 24 January 1995 that the Government intend to make good use of the new enforcement provisions of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 to ensure that laws arc enforced fairly, transparently and consistently.
Departments are currently reviewing their existing laws against this commitment to identify where the new powers should be used to improve existing procedures.
Consideration is also being given to how to incorporate the provisions into new legislation and to the terms of the model appeals mechanism referred to in section 6 of the Act.