§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the progress of the(a) measures in the Regulatory Reform Action Plan and (b) regulatory reform orders which her Department has proposed but not completed. [171613]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe updated Regulatory Reform Action Plan, published in December 2003, contains over 600 deregulatory and simplification measures under way across Government. I am advised that over 300 of these measures have already been delivered.
The DTI proposed 10 Regulatory Reform Orders in the Regulatory Reform Action Plan; two have been implemented, three are in the scrutiny process and the remaining five will be the subject of consultation exercises.