How the RPC produces its opinions

...prior to full committee review. Depts have 15 working days to revise their assessment and have the opportunity to meet the secretariat to discuss the comments in the IRN. Following...
...prior to full committee review. Depts have 15 working days to revise their assessment and have the opportunity to meet the secretariat to discuss the comments in the IRN. Following...
...plans early on in the policy making process. This will in turn improve the quality and effectiveness of their regulations by ensuring they think about the intended impacts and how...
...to make ‘the best use of alternatives to regulation by introducing an earlier scrutiny point at which departments will be asked to justify their decision to regulate.’ More emphasis on...
...and OAs. We continue to urge the Government to prioritise evaluation and PIRs. Other departments could usefully follow Defra’s lead with internal guidance to policy teams and regular reporting. To...
...BIT report (which covered the year to 16 December 2022). We have, however, continued to verify the costs of new regulation and we believe it is of interest to stakeholders...
...are similar to those expected when the policy was put in place. They ensure consideration of whether changes to regulation are required. We support the OEP’s work looking at how...
Stephen Gibson today wrote to Lord Hodgson, Chair of the House of Lords' Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, offering the RPC's formal response to the recommendation in the SLSC report Losing...
...wide range of stakeholders. We look forward to working with the new Government to achieve improvements to the effectiveness of the BRF in support of their growth agenda and welcome...
...However too often departments have not been submitting Impact Assessments (IAs) in time to allow independent scrutiny of the evidence and analysis before it is submitted to Parliament – sometimes...
...Harvard University[1]. Stephen will be researching the regulatory framework used by Government departments and sectoral regulators in the UK to introduce new regulations and how it could be more effective....
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