§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the rules and regulations he proposes to repeal or amend by means of a reference to the Deregulation Committee before the end of 1996; and if he will make a statement. [2914]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordMy Department has recently consulted interested parties on the following proposal for use of the deregulation order-maker power
Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907: removal of need for local authority licences for pleasure boats on waters owned or managed by British Waterways or the Environment Agency.The timing of any reference to the Deregulation Committee will depend on the outcome of our consideration of the responses.
In addition, we have recently laid draft regulations under section 37 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 to remove 16 pieces of redundant health and safety legislation.