§ Mr. SteenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral answer of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the hon. Member for Colchester, North (Mr. Jenkins) on 26 February.Official Report, column 576, if he will list those statutory instruments and Acts of Parliament which have been gold plated in the past five years; and what steps he is taking to amend or repeal each piece of gold plating on existing legislation.[23627]
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 1 April 1996]: The Government's policy is not to add unnecessary burdens with 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.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the estimated annual saving to business from the Deregulation (Wireless and Telegraphy) Order 1996. [23641]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 1 April 1996]: I have been asked to reply.
The deregulatory gain for the television dealer trade arising from this order is estimated to be about £10,000 a year.