Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41740

Fisheries: Costs

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 4 April 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) monitor and (b) reduce compliance costs for fisheries regulations.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Costs of compliance for regulations are assessed through Impact Assessments when regulations are introduced according to the Better Regulation Framework. Defra regulators keep all regulations under review to understand their effectiveness. We are also min...

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