Terms of Reference
The Davidson Review was commissioned by the Government in November 2005 to support the productivity of the UK economy by ensuring that European legislation has not been implemented in a way that results in unnecessary regulatory burdens. The Review supports the work of government departments to reduce the regulatory burdens for which they are responsible by:
- Reviewing selected areas of EU-derived legislation for evidence of over-implementation in the UK, or smarter implementation by other Member States.
- Scrutinising departments' efforts to identify instances of over-implementation in their simplification plans and where possible, propose further simplification measures for them to include in their plans.