Business: Regulation

(asked on 15th September 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
(Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12169 on Business: Regulation, whether regulations stemming from EU legislation are in scope of the targets.

Answered by
Blair McDougall Portrait
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 16th October 2026

The Government's commitment to cut the administrative burden of regulation on business by 25% by the end of this Parliament covers central UK government regulation, as set out in the Technical Annex published in July 2026.

Consistent with the Standard Cost Model, regulations originating from EU or international obligations are within scope to the extent that they are implemented domestically.

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