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The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill received its second reading in Parliament on Thursday 9 February. The Bill aims to provide a swift and effective mechanism for delivering the Government's radical regulatory reform programme to cut red tape.
> Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
> Letter to the Minister from major UK business groups [PDF, 511KB]
The Better Regulation Executive has published 'Regulatory Justice: Sanctioning in a post-Hampton World', a discussion paper exploring some of the findings made in the Hampton Report regarding penalties. The paper identifies areas which the review is interested in exploring when considering reform, and invites responses by mid-February 2006.
The Better Regulation Executive has published 'Reducing Burdens in Colleges of Further Education', a report of the joint-project carried out with the Department for Education & Skills and the Learning & Skills Council. The report makes 26 recommendations aimed at reducing the amount of unnecessary demands placed on all front line staff in further education.
> Reducing Burdens in Colleges of Further Education
> News Release: More time to teach
The Better Regulation Executive has begun a cross-government Administrative Burdens Reduction measurement exercise. You can take part in a survey to help us cut bureaucracy and unnecessary form-filling. The phone interviews are happening now, in the run up to Christmas - don't miss your chance if you are contacted.
The Better Regulation Executive has launched a new better regulation portal. We want to receive practical proposals for regulatory simplification from business, the voluntary and community sectors, public sector front line staff and any of their representatives.