§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of the 1,000 regulations identified for repeal or amendment by the Prime Minister are the responsibility of his Department; of those which(a) have been repealed or amended and (b) are planned to have been repealed or 103W amended by the end of the 1995–96 parliamentary Session; and if he will list those whose repeal has saved business more than £1 million per annum. [23651]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe MOD is not a regulator of business and has not therefore identified any such regulations. My Department continues to play a full role in the deregulation initiative by focusing efforts on relieving unnecessary administrative burdens on suppliers, streamlining contracts procedures, and improving communications with industry.