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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

If the hon. and learned Gentleman will forgive me, I must make progress, as we are nearly out of time. In broad terms, that is because the rationale for using the better regulation powers will be outcome-focused on reducing costs or on removing obstacles to productivity, profitability or efficiency. They will not be limited by a very tight definition of legal ““burdens””—a matter that I know that the House has explored in some depth. The better regulation initiatives that this order-making power will allow us to deliver include the consolidation of legislation to make it easier to understand and work with, and the reduction or removal of administrative burdens such as form filling or requirements to give information. I am anxious to make progress, so I shall not list the initiatives’ effect on many other matters covered in the debate over the past two days.