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Richard Fuller Excerpts
Tuesday 29th March 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lee Rowley Portrait Lee Rowley
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I would be very happy to speak to the Department and come back to the hon. Gentleman on that.

Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller (North East Bedfordshire) (Con)
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Investment is attracted to areas that have agile, pro-growth regulatory environments. In this country, we delegate a lot of the implementation of regulation to agencies, but the oversight and assessment of regulatory agency performance is weak. Will the Minister look at ways in which we can improve how we regulate the regulators?

Lee Rowley Portrait Lee Rowley
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My hon. Friend highlights an important point about getting the balance right between regulation, and ensuring that the output and productivity of these industries works. I would be happy to talk to him more if that is helpful.