§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many appeals mechanisms, as laid out in section 6 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, he expects to establish by the end of 1996; how many staff each appeals system will employ; and what their estimated annual running costs will be. [23618]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 1 April 1996]: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 1 April 1996 Official Report, column 18, by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to the oral answer of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the hon. Member for Colchester, North (Mr. Jenkin) on 26 February,Official Report, column 576, if she will list those statutory instruments and Acts of Parliament which have been gold plated in the past five years; and what steps she is taking to amend or repeal each piece of gold plating on existing legislation. [23635]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 1 April 1996]: The Government's policy is not to add unnecessary burdens when implementing EC directives. Departments take every opportunity to review existing legislation in the light of this. Officials are currently working on revised guidance to enable Ministers to see where implementing legislation goes beyond the underlying EC directive.