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Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation

Commons · Question 41762 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Apr 2025

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department includes indirect business losses when estimating compliance costs.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Apr 2025

“Compliance costs” are the costs of complying with government regulation. When analysing impacts on businesses of any new or amended policy, Defra complies with the Better Regulation Framework alongside HMT’s Green Book and Magenta Book principles. We do ...