3rd Report - Time is money: How regulators can support growth
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- 12 May 2026
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Select Committee · Industry and Regulators Committee
Regulators and growth
Status: Open
Opened: 7 Oct 2025
1 report
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2026 | Jessica Glover · HM Treasury, The Lord Livermore · HM Treasury | View ↗ |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Blair McDougall MP · Department for Business and Trade, David Lunn · Department of Business and Trade | View ↗ |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Lord Willetts · Regulatory Innovation Office | View ↗ |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Dan Corry OBE · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, John Fingleton CBE · Fingleton, Rebecca Shrubsole · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | View ↗ |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Dame Melanie Dawes · Ofcom, Lawrence Tallon · Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Sarah Cardell · Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) | View ↗ |
| 20 Jan 2026 | John Edwards · Information Commissioner's Office, Katie Pettifer · Food Standards Agency (FSA) | View ↗ |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Annie Conde · Hoxton Farms, Mark Thurston · Anglian Water | View ↗ |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Caroline Allen · Smith and Nephew, Dr Scott Steedman CBE · British Standards Institution (BSI), Georgina Fleet · Zurich UK | View ↗ |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Antony Shimmin · MyCardium AI, Maria Tjader · Schneider Electric, Rachel Fletcher · Octopus Energy | View ↗ |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Robert Colvile · Centre for Policy Studies, Sam Dumitriu · Britain Remade | View ↗ |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Dan Elliot · Frontier Economics, Simon Wilde · Oxera | View ↗ |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Anne Pardoe · Citizens Advice, Ben Ramanauskas · Policy Exchange | View ↗ |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Dame Julia Black · Oxford University, Professor Sean Ennis · Centre for Competition Policy | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Pardoe · Head of Policy | Citizens Advice | 1 |
| Annie Conde · Chief of Staff | Hoxton Farms | 1 |
| Antony Shimmin · Chief Operating Officer | MyCardium AI | 1 |
| Ben Ramanauskas · Senior Research Fellow | Policy Exchange | 1 |
| Blair McDougall MP · Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation | Department for Business and Trade | 1 |
| Caroline Allen · Senior Vice President for Regulatory Affairs | Smith and Nephew | 1 |
| Dame Julia Black · Professor of Law and Regulation | Oxford University | 1 |
| Dame Melanie Dawes · Chief Executive | Ofcom | 1 |
| Dan Corry OBE · Non-Executive Director | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
| Dan Elliot · Founder and Director | Frontier Economics | 1 |
| David Lunn · Director, Regulation Directorate | Department of Business and Trade | 1 |
| Dr Scott Steedman CBE · Director of Standards | British Standards Institution (BSI) | 1 |
| Georgina Fleet · Chief Compliance Officer | Zurich UK | 1 |
| Jessica Glover · Director General, Growth and Productivity | HM Treasury | 1 |
| John Edwards · Information Commissioner | Information Commissioner's Office | 1 |
| John Fingleton CBE · Chair | Fingleton | 1 |
| Katie Pettifer · Chief Executive | Food Standards Agency (FSA) | 1 |
| Lawrence Tallon · CEO | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) | 1 |
| Lord Willetts · Chair | Regulatory Innovation Office | 1 |
| Maria Tjader · Head of Government Affairs | Schneider Electric | 1 |
| Mark Thurston · Chief Executive Officer | Anglian Water | 1 |
| Professor Sean Ennis · Director | Centre for Competition Policy | 1 |
| Rachel Fletcher · Director of Regulation and Economics | Octopus Energy | 1 |
| Rebecca Shrubsole · Director for Ministerial, Growth & Resilience | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
| Robert Colvile · Director | Centre for Policy Studies | 1 |
| Sam Dumitriu · Head of Policy | Britain Remade | 1 |
| Sarah Cardell · Chief Executive | Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) | 1 |
| Simon Wilde · Partner | Oxera | 1 |
| The Lord Livermore · Financial Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 1 |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | From committee | Letter to Chair from Lord Livermore, Financial Secretary to the Treasury 30 March 2026 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | To committee | Letter from TUC to Blair McDougall and Baroness Hayter - Industry and Regulators Committee - 9th March 2026 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | To committee | Letter from Blair McDougall MP, Minister for Small Businesses and Economic Transformation to the Chair of the Industry and Regulator Committee, 10 March 2026 re Regulators and Growth follow-up |
| 10 Feb 2026 | From committee | Letter to the Chair from Dr Joanna Cloy, Senior Project Manager, Fidra, 16 January 2026 |
Meetings & visits
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| Date | Type | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | — · Room 1, Palace of Westminster |