Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the remit of the Better Regulation Executive include Northern Ireland.

The government is establishing a new Better Regulation Executive (BRE), which will set direction and drive implementation of the government's vision for a streamlined and proportionate regulatory system that better enables growth across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

The BRE will be a joint unit between HM Treasury and the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and will be overseen by a Ministerial Oversight Group including the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. A Chair will be appointed shortly. The BRE will work in close partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.