Recommendation 13

The Regulatory Policy Committee should be supported for its work in supporting Parliament in understanding the impact of proposed regulation and we recommend these impact assessments are used much more widely throughout the legislative process. Given the transfer of regulatory oversight from the European Parliament to our Parliament, we recognise the need to ensure that our Parliament finds its way in meeting this new challenge and providing effective scrutiny and oversight of new regulations—both from Government and from regulatory bodies. We draw to the attention of the Liaison Committee of this House the role which select committees can play in this field.