§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) for what reasons compliance cost assessments are not prepared for regulations which concern the existing requirements of article 119 of the treaty of Rome in respect of equal treatment; [15953]
(2) if he will make it his policy to prepare a compliance cost assessment for regulations which implement judgments of the European Court of Justice notwithstanding the fact that they concern existing requirements of article 119 of the treaty of Rome; [15952]
(3) what categories of regulation do not require a compliance cost assessment to be prepared. [15951]
§ Mr. FreemanThe Government require a compliance cost assessment to be prepared for all regulations that have an impact on business, charities and voluntary organisations including those which concern article 119 of the treaty of Rome. The only circumstances in which an assessment need not be prepared would he if the regulation has no impact on business, charities and voluntary organisations.