Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Regulation after EU Exit

Status: Closed Opened: 20 May 2022 Closed: 14 Dec 2022 16 recommendations 4 conclusions 1 report

There are three UK regulators whose work has been particularly significantly affected by EU Exit – the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE), in particular its role in chemicals regulation. HSE is now the main regulator for chemicals in the UK and the FSA …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Nineteenth Report - Regulation after EU exit	HC 32	12 Oct 2022	20	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items

1 Conclusion Nineteenth Report - Regulation after EU… Acknowledged

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on regulation after EU Exit.1

Government response. The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and explains that it launched a comprehensive Air Quality Information System (AQIS) Review to ensure the public and vulnerable groups have the information they need, with outcomes to be published on UK-AIR, and …

HM Treasury

7 Conclusion Nineteenth Report - Regulation after EU… Acknowledged

Having left the EU, the regulators need additional staff to deliver their new and expanded...

Having left the EU, the regulators need additional staff to deliver their new and expanded responsibilities. CMA told us that it has always been in competition with the private sector for skilled competition lawyers and economists, and the expansion of its role after EU Exit means the scale of this …

Government response. The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation, and states that it anticipated that the contract will be let by the end of 2022 and the department will write to inform the Committee when this has happened.

HM Treasury

Correspondence

1 letter

Date	Direction	Title
27 Jun 2022	—	Correspondence from Michael Grenfell, Executive Director - Enforcement, Competi…

Accepted	11
Acknowledged	2
Not Addressed	7