Statement – 6th September
The RPC produces opinions of impact assessments (IA) to help departments ensure that the evidence and analysis in them is sufficiently robust. We provide an independent opinion to assist final ministerial decision making and parliamentary scrutiny of regulatory proposals. We publish these to assist parliamentarians and to ensure that they are available to external stakeholders. Government departments are expected to submit IAs to the RPC in time for the RPC to issue an opinion before the relevant legislation is laid before Parliament.
The RPC is aware that The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023 were made and laid on 8 August. The accompanying Explanatory Memorandum states that an IA will be published in due course. As yet, the RPC has not received an IA to scrutinise.
On receipt of the IA the RPC will update this statement.