Nineteenth Report - Regulation after EU exit

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 32 12 October 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 20 items (16 recs)
Government Response (AI assessment · 20 of 20 classified)
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Nineteenth report from Session 2022-23 · published 14 Dec 2022

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 results
1 Conclusion Acknowledged
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on regulation after EU Exit.1
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and explains that it launched a comprehensive Air Quality Information System (AQIS) Review to ensure the public and vulnerable groups have the information they need, with outcomes to be published on UK-AIR, and a final report in early 2024, with a web system review to be completed by March 2025.
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7 Conclusion Acknowledged
Having left the EU, the regulators need additional staff to deliver their new and expanded...
Conclusion
Having left the EU, the regulators need additional staff to deliver their new and expanded responsibilities. CMA told us that it has always been in competition with the private sector for skilled competition lawyers and economists, and the expansion of … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation, and states that it anticipated that the contract will be let by the end of 2022 and the department will write to inform the Committee when this has happened.
HM Treasury
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