19 November 1999
Cabinet Office minister Mo Mowlam and Trade Secretary Stephen Byers announced on November 15 a new push to modernise and simplify government regulations.
Each department will be asked to charge one of its ministers with the task of regulatory reform. Mowlam herself will chair a ministerial panel which will also include Lord Haskins, chair of the Better Regulation Task Force.
'A lot of progress has been made, but getting regulation right means a culture change across the whole of government,' Mowlam said. 'That includes local government. A new team has been set up to look explicitly at the burdens central government imposes on local authorities, and on doctors, teachers and other public sector workers.'
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