Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what documents relating to negotiations at EU level over reducing costs of draft EU legislation where held at the UK Representation to the EU from 2010 until the UK's departure from the EU.

The FCDO does not collate centrally and specifically documentation relating to negotiations at EU level over reducing costs of draft EU legislation. The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, His Majesty's Government at the time was a supporter of EU better regulation initiatives, an objective of which was the reduction of unnecessary regulatory costs arising from EU legislation.