FORMAL MINUTES Session

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1 House of Commons Regulatory Reform Committee FORMAL MINUTES Session

2 The Regulatory Reform Committee The Regulatory Reform Committee (previously the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee) is appointed to consider and report to the House on draft Legislative Reform Orders under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act Its full remit is set out in S.O. No. 141, which was approved on 4 July Current membership Mr Robert Syms (Conservative, Poole) (Chairman) Heidi Alexander (Labour, Lewisham East) Mr David Anderson (Labour, Blaydon) Andrew Bridgen (Conservative, North West Leicestershire) Jack Dromey (Labour, Birmingham, Erdington) Lilian Greenwood (Labour, Nottingham South) Ben Gummer (Conservative, Ipswich) John Hemming (Liberal Democrat, Birmingham, Yardley) Gordon Henderson (Conservative, Sittingbourne and Sheppey) Andrew Jones (Conservative, Harrogate and Knaresborough) Ian Lavery (Labour, Wansbeck) Brandon Lewis (Conservative, Great Yarmouth) Andrew Percy (Conservative, Brigg and Goole) Valerie Vaz (Labour, Walsall South) Criteria against which the Committee considers each draft legislative reform order Paragraph (3) of Standing Order No.141 requires us to consider any draft legislative reform order against the following criteria: whether the draft legislative reform order (a) appears to make an inappropriate use of delegated legislation; (b) serves the purpose of removing or reducing a burden, or the overall burdens, resulting directly or indirectly for any person from any legislation (in respect of a draft Order under section 1 of the Act); (c) serves the purpose of securing that regulatory functions are exercised so as to comply with the regulatory principles, as set out in section 2(3) of the Act (in respect of a draft Order under section 2 of the Act); (d) secures a policy objective which could not be satisfactorily secured by non-legislative means; (e) has an effect which is proportionate to the policy objective; (f) strikes a fair balance between the public interest and the interests of any person adversely affected by it; (g) does not remove any necessary protection; (h) does not prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which that person might reasonably expect to continue to exercise; (i) is not of constitutional significance; (j) makes the law more accessible or more easily understood (in the case of provisions restating enactments); (k) has been the subject of, and takes appropriate account of, adequate consultation; (l) gives rise to an issue under such criteria for consideration of statutory instruments laid down in paragraph (1) of Standing Order No 151 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) as are relevant; (m) appears to be incompatible with any obligation resulting from membership of the European Union.

3 3 Publications The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Session of Parliament is at the back of this volume. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are John Whatley (Clerk), John-Paul Flaherty (Inquiry Manager) and Liz Booth (Committee Assistant). All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Regulatory Reform Committee, Delegated Legislation Office, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is ; the Committee s address is regrefcom@parliament.uk.

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5 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session Formal Minutes of the Committee Tuesday 27 July 2010 Members present: Heidi Alexander Mr Dave Anderson Andrew Bridgen Lilian Greenwood Ben Gummer Gordon Henderson Andrew Jones Ian Lavery Brandon Lewis Andrew Percy Mr Robert Syms 1. Declaration of Interests Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July Election of Chair Mr Robert Syms was called to the Chair. 3. The Committee deliberated. [Adjourned to a date and time to be fixed by the Chairman APPENDIX DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS INTERESTS ALEXANDER, Heidi (Lewisham East) Partner works as a lawyer for Ofcom. ANDERSON, David (Blaydon) Nil.

6 2 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session BRIDGEN, Andrew (North West Leicestershire) Remunerated non-executive Chairman: AB Produce PLC Sponsorships: Donations to constituency party or association from AB Produce PLC, Benson Box Ltd, Mr David Wilson and Harlow Bros Ltd. Other support from AB Produce PLC. Shareholdings: AB Produce PLC, AB Trading Ltd and Bridgen Investments Ltd. DROMEY, Jack (Birmingham, Erdington) Unremunerated and resigning Deputy General Secretary of Unite Union. Sponsorship: Donations to constituency party or association from Stelio Stefanou GREENWOOD, Lilian (Nottingham South) Previous remunerated employment with Unison. Sponsorship: Donations to constituency party or association from Unison. GUMMER, Benedict (Ipswich) Sponsorships: Donations to constituency party or association from Mr Andrew J Cook, Ransome's Dock Ltd, Anglia Countrywide Management Ltd, Abdul Majid-Jafar, Michael Peacock and IPGL Ltd. Shareholdings: Sancroft International Ltd and ICWL Ltd. HEMMING, John (Birmingham, Yardley) Remunerated directorship: JHC plc Remunerated employment: Senior Partner, JHC LLP and John Hemming Trading Unremunerated Chairman of Justice for Families Supporter of the Angela Cannings Foundation

7 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session Sponsorship: salary of member of staff paid by Birmingham City Council. Land and property: A flat in London from which rental income is received. House and office building in Birmingham, from which rental income is received. Farmland and woodland in Devon, from which rental income is received. Shareholdings: JHC plc, JHC LLP, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Bank of Ireland, WYG. HENDERSON, Gordon (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) Nil. JONES, Andrew (Harrogate and Knaresborough) Previous remumerated employment as Councillor for Harrogate Borough Council. Sponsorships: Donations to constituency party or association from Mr Eric Taee, Peter Rouse, Mr Tom Allchurch, Mr Richard Jackson and Mr John Cotton. Shareholdings: Andrew Jones Ltd (company in the process of being closed down). LAVERY, Ian (Wansbeck) Nil. LEWIS, Brandon (Great Yarmouth) Remunerated directorship: Woodland Schools Ltd. Sponsorships: Donations to constituency party or association from Mr Jack K Lewis, Unique Network Solutions LLP, J and H Bunn Ltd, Mr Theodore Agnew, Woodlands School Ltd, Gorleston Conservative Club and Pogson and Davies. Shareholdings: i5 Consulting Ltd (company in the process of being closed down).

8 4 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session PERCY, Andrew (Brigg and Goole) Sponsorships: Donations to constituency party or association from J Marr Ltd and John Ross. Other support from Grand Central Railway Company Ltd. SYMS, Robert (Poole) Remunerated directorships: Marden Holdings Ltd and C Syms and Sons Ltd. Sponsorships: Donations to constituency party or association from Mr G R Nicholas and Mr J Douglas. Shareholdings: Marden Holdings Ltd and C Syms and Sons Ltd. VAZ, Valerie (Walsall South) Remunerated employment: Solicitor (non-practising).

9 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session Tuesday 9 November 2010 Members present: Mr Robert Syms, in the Chair Heidi Alexander Andrew Bridgen Ben Gummer John Hemming Gordon Henderson Andrew Jones Ian Lavery Brandon Lewis Andrew Percy Valerie Vaz 1. Declaration of Interests John Hemming and Valerie Vaz declared their interests in accordance with the resolution of the House of 13 July Draft Legislative Reform (Civil Partnership) Order 2010 Draft Report, (Draft Legislative Reform (Civil Partnership) Order 2010), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. [The draft Report was agreed to. The Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report from the Committee, Session [HC 595] [Adjourned to a date and time to be fixed by the Chairman

10 6 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session Tuesday 3 May 2011 Members present: Mr Robert Syms, in the Chair Heidi Alexander Mr David Anderson Andrew Bridgen Lilian Greenwood John Hemming Gordon Henderson Andrew Jones Brandon Lewis Valerie Vaz Draft Report (Draft Legislative Reform (Epping Forest) Order 2011), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph. Paragraphs 1 to 56 read and agreed to. Summary, annex and appendix agreed to. Question put, That the Report be the Second Report of the Committee to the House. The Committee divided. Ayes, 5 Noes, 3 Andrew Bridgen Heidi Alexander John Hemming Mr David Anderson Gordon Henderson Valerie Vaz Andrew Jones Brandon Lewis Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. Written evidence relating to the Report was ordered to be reported to the House for publication on the internet. [Adjourned to a date and time to be fixed by the Chair

11 Regulatory Reform Committee: Formal Minutes, Session Tuesday 18 October 2011 Members present: Mr Robert Syms, in the Chair Heidi Alexander Mr David Anderson Andrew Bridgen Gordon Henderson Valerie Vaz The Chair declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011: Second Stage as a member of the Bournemouth and Poole Credit Union. Heidi Alexander declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011: Second Stage as a member of the Sydenham Credit Union. Gordon Henderson declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011: Second Stage as a member of the Kent Savers Credit Union. Draft Report (Draft Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011: Second Stage), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph. Paragraphs 1 to72 read and agreed to. Appendix and Summary agreed to. A Paper was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Third Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. [Adjourned to a date and time to be fixed by the Chair