My right honourable friend the Minister for Government Policy (Oliver Letwin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The Government is pleased to announce that its response to the Joint Committee’s Report on the Draft Deregulation Bill will be published later today.
The Joint Committee undertook a process of pre-legislative scrutiny on the Draft Deregulation Bill from July to December 2013 and published their report on December 19th.
As ministers with responsibility for the Deregulation Bill, the Rt Hon Ken Clarke and I welcome the Joint Committee’s report and would like to thank the Committee for their consideration of the Draft Bill. The Government has listened carefully to the recommendations of the Committee and responded accordingly.