The Forum of Private Business is responding to the coalition Government’s announcement of an ‘action plan’ to end excessive red tape.
The plan includes a new cabinet ‘star chamber’ to spearhead the drive to reduce red tape, an immediate review of all forthcoming regulation, a new ‘challenge group’ team charged with devising innovative non-regulatory solutions and a ‘one in, one out’ approach to introducing new regulations.
The Forum’s chief executive, Phil Orford, said: “Our calls for a comprehensive review of red tape finally appear to have been heard. The first job of the new star chamber will be to scrutinise all new regulations that are in the pipeline and that has to be welcomed.
“The Government must ensure that, in administering the work of the Reducing Regulation committee, it does not create more bureaucracy to deal with red tape.
“If this is achieved, combined with the ‘one in one out’ approach and the work of the challenge group in devising innovative, non-regulatory solutions to social and environmental challenges, we look forward to an enterprise culture that is conducive to small business growth rather than restrictive, as we have at present with the record levels of red tape that exist.”
Source: The Forum of Private Business
