PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Bodies (18 January 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the implications of the proposed extension of the Business Impact Target as set out in the Enterprise Bill for the work of (a) the Environment Agency, (b) the Forestry Commission, (c) the Marine Management Organisation, (d) Natural England, (e) the Water Services Regulation Authority and (f) the Farriers Registration Council; and what such discussions she has had on (i) the Food Standards Agency, (ii) the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority and (iii) the Groceries Code Adjudicator insofar as those bodies relate to her Department's responsibilities.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

My Rt. Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, will shortly issue a public consultation seeking views on the statutory regulators proposed to be brought within scope of the Business Impact Target, with a view to introducing the necessary secondary legislation.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
21 January 2016