Deregulation and Regulatory Reform - First Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 6 November 2001.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

Introduction

Background to the proposal

Committee consideration of the proposal

Appropriateness; removal or reduction of a burden


Consultation


Estimation of costs and benefits


Rights and freedoms; proportionality


Necessary protection and desirability


Timetable for consideration of the proposal


Consequences of the late date of laying


"Desirability" and the adequacy of the proposal as a "trial run"


Government response to concerns


Response from other interested parties


Necessary protection and desirability: conclusion

Vires: the "two-year rule"

Report under Standing Order No. 141.

APPENDICES

CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE PROPOSAL

1.    Letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Department for Culture,

Media and Sport, 19 July 2001

2.    Memorandum prepared by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

September 2001

3.    Supplementary Memorandum prepared by the Department for Culture,

Media and Sport, 15 October 2001

4.    Letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Justices' Clerks Society,

the Magistrates' Association and the Association of Justices' Chief Executives, 19 July 2001

5.    Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the Magistrates Association,

17 September 2001

6.    Letter from the Chief Executive, Justices' Clerks' Society, England and

Wales to the Clerk of the Committee, 6 September 2001

7.    Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the Secretariat Manager, Association of Justices' Chief Executive, 11 October 2001

8.    Letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Police Federation of

England and Wales and the Association of Chief Police Officers

  (Liquor Licensing Sub Committee, 19 July 2001

9.    Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the General Secretary of the

Police Federation of England and Wales, 2 August 2001

10.  Letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Brewers and Licensed

Retailers Association, the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association, The British Institute of Innkeeping and the National

  Parliamentary Committee, Licensed Victuallers Association, 20 July 2001

11.  Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the Acting Chief Executive,

The British Institute of Innkeeping,17 September 2001

12.  Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the Chief Executive of the

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, 12 September 2001

13.  Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the Chief Executive of the

Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations, 10 September 2001

14.  Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the National Parliamentary

Committee, Licensed Victuallers Association, 27 July 2001

15.  Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from the Director of the British

Beer and Pub Association, 5 October 2001

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

Tuesday 16 October 2001

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Prepared 8 November 2001