Smart regulation promotes competition, makes business more efficient and safer and makes for happier customers. Bad regulation, poorly enforced, does the reverse. Getting regulation right is crucial for economic success and international competitiveness. The importance of smart regulation is nowhere greater than with energy. Affordable, clean and secure energy is vital to our economy and to [...]
I’m delighted to be the private sector champion for DECC in its work on better regulation. I wanted to write this blog particularly to urge everyone who has comments to make, to get them in before the closing date of 30th December. You can use website or e-mails. I would like to ask you to [...]
The Red Tape Challenge is a cross-Whitehall initiative to reduce excessive regulation looking at different areas from Health and Safety to Pensions to Employment law. The Energy theme of the challenge has been open since 25 November and as head of DECC’s Better Regulation Unit I am looking forward to seeing the ideas and suggestions [...]