Parliamentary debates on the Local Better Regulation Order
The Parliamentary debates on the Local Better Regulation Order have been heard in both the Lords and the Commons this week. Led respectively by the Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills, Baroness Wilcox, and Business Minister, Mark Prisk MP, the debates are important steps in the progress towards the creation of the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) within the Business, Innovation and Skills Department.
The order is intended to increase transparency, accountability and cost savings by enabling LBRO to be reconfigured into BRDO, with the same expert staff seamlessly continuing the operation of primary authority and other better regulation activities.
BRDO will have a clear delivery focus, working with businesses and regulators to simplify and improve the implementation of regulations. That will supplement the Better Regulation Executive's focus on how Whitehall generates and designs regulation. Bringing these two elements together within government is expected to strengthen the overall package of regulatory reform.
Government committed to retaining LBRO's methods