Business: Regulation
(asked on 30th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has a policy for reviews of regulations that have been introduced.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 7th July 2026
My Department regularly reviews regulations that have been introduced, including through statutory Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) where required. Through these reviews my department assesses whether regulations have achieved their objectives, whether those objectives remain appropriate, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way. Where relevant, qualifying PIRs are scrutinised by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.