Question follow-through · 58402

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one-in, two-out approach to new business regulations; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one-in, two-out approach to new business regulations; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    On 17 March 2025 the government published an Action Plan setting out its approach to regulation and regulators, which made a firm commitment to cut the administrative costs of regulation for business by 25% by the end of the Parliament. This commitment wi...

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