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Written question asked by Lord Willoughby de Broke (UK Independence Party), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Triesman (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 June 2007.


EU: Regulatory Reform

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Triesman on 24 May (WA 127), how many European Union regulations were withdrawn (a) during the United Kingdom presidency of the European Union, and (b) between the end of the United Kingdom presidency and 1 January 2007.
Answer

In 2005, the Commission's screening of 183 pending proposals from before 2004 resulted in the withdrawal of 68 proposals. In 2006, the Commission screened more than 80 pending proposals and announced the withdrawal of a further 10 of these in its legislative and work programme for 2007.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4256; 693 c33-4WA
Session
2006-07
Related items
EU: Regulatory Reform
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
EU action
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk