§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many regulatory impact assessments have been produced by his Department since August 2001; and if he will list those produced(a) following initial consultation with affected parties about the most appropriate methodology for assessing costs and other impacts and (b) which set out full commercial impacts, including profitability, employment, consumer prices and competitiveness, as recommended in Good Policy Making. [28402]
§ Mr. StrawThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office have produced no regulatory impact assessments since August 2001. For further information, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, on 17 January 2002,Official Report, column 483W.