Regulatory Policy Committee
Updated statement - 7th October
The IA was submitted to us on 4th October and is currently being scrutinised by the RPC. Our opinion will be issued to the Department and published on our website when scrutiny has been completed.
Original statement - 6th September
The RPC produces opinions on impact assessments (IAs) to help departments ensure that the evidence and analysis in them is sufficiently robust. Our independent opinions assist ministerial decision-making and parliamentary scrutiny of regulatory proposals that are in the scope of the Better Regulation Framework. Government departments are required to submit IAs of their regulatory proposals to the RPC in sufficient time for us to issue an opinion before the legislation is presented to Parliament. The IA and the RPCs opinion should then be published alongside the legislation.
The Water (Special Measures) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 4th September 2024. An IA has not been published alongside the Bill and the RPC has not received an IA from Defra for scrutiny.
When we receive an IA from Defra, we will produce and publish our opinion as soon as possible. This will be made available to Government and Parliament and published on our website. We will update th