Deregulation

HC Deb 30 July 1997 vol 299 cc313-4W

25. Mr. Spring

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the Government's future plans for deregulation. [9732]

Dr. David Clark

We are committed to ensuring that regulations are simple, helpful and fair. We aim to deliver responsible and responsive regulation for business, particularly small firms, and the citizen. I have appointed Chris Haskins to chair a new better regulation task force and the deregulation unit has similarly been renamed the better regulation unit to reflect the fact that our priority is to get regulation right.