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Oral Answers to Questions

Baroness Burt of Solihull Excerpts
Thursday 24th May 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Burt of Solihull Portrait Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD)
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My hon. Friend has already outlined many of the measures that we as a coalition Government are taking to reduce the regulatory burden, but does he agree that a fire-at-will policy might be counter-productive and would not produce the increased productivity and growth that we need so much?

Mark Prisk Portrait Mr Prisk
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The element of the Beecroft report to which my hon. Friend refers is one of 23 separate measures. We want to ensure that we consider these matters on the basis of good evidence. That is why there is a call for evidence, and once we have had a look at it and weighed the pros against the cons, we will make a decision.