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Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of regulation for businesses.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of regulation for businesses.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    It is essential that we identify areas where the costs of regulations may be unnecessarily high and burdensome for businesses. Best practice analysis of regulatory interventions and reforms, as well as monitoring and evaluating the success of intervention...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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