...it is as effective as possible in delivering better policy-making and better policy. We therefore encourage government to mandate earlier independent scrutiny at pre-consultation stage as part of the policy-making...
...to underlying data about the number, size, and activities of CSOs would better enable departments and regulators to produce better IAs. This would aid ministers and parliamentarians in deciding the...
...International Trade (DIT) and Tammy Holmes, Deputy Director at DIT. They were asked about the RPC’s reviews of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Impact Assessments (FTA IAs)....
The Regulatory Policy Committee held an event at the House of Lords on Wednesday 24th January to promote the new Better Regulation Framework and the RPC’s role in it. Around...
An important purpose of the Better Regulation Framework is to provide transparency and accountability over the burdens that government regulatory decisions place on business and civil society organisations. It also...
...course, its application can be sharpened and adapted. For example, the distinction between direct and indirect impacts within EANDCB is often blurred and could shift if impacts move between direct...
...to independent scrutiny of Final Stage IAs. Better enforcement of the better regulation system We also support the committee’s recommendation that the Government should enforce the Better Regulation Framework. As...
...5 April. They were asked about the RPC’s work, how the current Better Regulation system is operating and what they would like to see from the reforms the Government is...
...The most common weakness was insufficient identification and analysis of credible non-regulatory options. The Government’s review of the Better Regulation Framework (BRF) is considering ways to focus policymaking on these...
...with the departmental Better Regulation Units (BRUs) across Whitehall regularly. These meetings are to offer guidance on the Better Regulation Framework, consider methodological issues, advise departments on when RPC scrutiny...