Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41762
Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation
Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025
Question
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department includes indirect business losses when estimating compliance costs.
Answer
Emma Hardy“Compliance costs” are the costs of complying with government regulation. When analysing impacts on businesses of any new or amended policy, Defra complies with the Better Regulation Framework alongside HMT’s Green Book and Magenta Book principles. We do ...
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