HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 cc1301-2W
25. Bob Spink

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made in reducing regulation across Government. [179607]

Mr. Alexander

Progress in reducing regulation includes delivering over 300 of the measures in the Government's Regulatory Reform Action Plan, published in December 2003. Recent surveys by the World Bank, OECD and others show regulatory burdens in the UK to be among the lowest in the industrialised world.