§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the regulations which a company manufacturing refrigerators and employing 1,500 people has to comply with. [95921]
§ Ms HewittThe regulations applying to a refrigerator manufacturer, employing 1,500 people, include those deriving from company law, taxation, health and safety, land planing requirements and environmental legislation.
Regulatory information relating to the operational aspects of all types and size of business will be available through the Direct Access Government (DAG) INTERNET web site, which is currently being updated and will be relaunched as part of the Small Business Service.
The Government announced a tougher approach to regulatory control in the Modernising Government White Paper in March, with the aim of eliminating unnecessary regulation and minimising the burdens that necessary regulations impose.