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Regulating for Growth Bill

The King's Speech 2026 bill to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and support innovation-led growth through changes to how regulation is designed and applied.

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11 May 2026 | Consultation (open) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency linked direct

Pre market medical devices regulation – stakeholder impact survey

Why linked: MHRA pre-market medical devices stakeholder impact survey (May 2026) — adjacent regulator activity in one of the Bill's three named sandbox sectors.

MHRA seeks stakeholder evidence on proposed GB pre-market medical device/IVD regulation changes to inform impact assessment; deadline 11:59pm Fri 19 Jun 2026.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Guidance - Questionnaire on the Impacts of MHRA… (63pp)
8 May 2026 | Consultation (open) Solicitors Regulation Authority linked direct

Draft Business Plan and funding requirement 2026/27

Why linked: Solicitors Regulation Authority business plan on regulatory modernisation and improved regulation of legal services aligns with cross-sector regulatory design and application reform within Regulating for Growth scope

We have published our draft Business Plan and funding requirements for 2026/27, setting out our proposed programme of changes to improve how we regulate solicitors and law firms, with a sharper focus on protecting the public from the biggest risks.

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25 Mar 2026 | Consultation outcome UK Government linked direct

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be usef

Why linked: Consultation outcome on sunset clauses and emergency legislation—sunset clauses are a legal mechanism explicitly in scope for RFG Bill

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be useful mechanisms to ensure that this is the case. These have been …

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25 Mar 2026 | Consultation outcome linked direct

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be usef

Why linked: Consultation outcome on sunset clauses and emergency legislation—sunset clauses are explicitly in-scope mechanisms

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be useful mechanisms to ensure that this is the case. These have been …

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20 Nov 2025 | Consultation outcome UK Government linked direct

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be usef

Why linked: Consultation outcome on sunset clauses and emergency legislation oversight—relevant to periodic review and sunset mechanisms in scope

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be useful mechanisms to ensure that this is the case. These have been …

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry … (39pp)
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20 Nov 2025 | Consultation outcome linked direct

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be usef

Why linked: Consultation outcome on sunset clauses and emergency legislation—relevant to periodic review mechanisms explicitly in scope

The government agrees that the legislative response to emergencies should be clear, well-defined and subject to the appropriate parliamentary oversight. Sunset clauses and duties to report can be useful mechanisms to ensure that this is the case. These have been …

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry … (39pp)
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↓ UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 Rep…
1 Oct 2025 | Consultation (closed) HSE linked direct

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulation (LOLER) Call for Evidence (CfE)

Why linked: HSE call for evidence on LOLER scope and application—example of sector-specific regulatory modernisation initiative within 'adjacent material' scope

HSE is gathering information and evidence relating to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment (LOLER) and whether their scope and application are still fit for purpose. This call for evidence aims to gather information and evidence that the HSE will …

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1 Oct 2025 | Consultation (closed) HSE linked direct

Pressure Safety Systems Regulations (PSSR) Call for Evidence (CfE)

Why linked: HSE call for evidence on PSSR scope and application—sector-specific regulatory review to assess fitness for purpose, consistent with RFG modernisation agenda

HSE is gathering information and evidence relating to the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR) and whether their scope and application are still fit for purpose. This call for evidence aims to gather information and evidence that the HSE will …

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8 Apr 2025 | Consultation (closed) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Context · primary home: Nuclear Regulation Bill linked direct

Exemptions Reform to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Why linked: Environmental Permitting (E&W) Regulations exemptions reform consultation — sectoral worked example of the Bill's growth-duty model in environmental regulation.

This consultation seeks views on changes which the UK government is proposing to make to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 . These proposals relate to England and Wales only, and only relate to flood risk activities, waste …

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25 Apr 2024 | Consultation outcome Department for Business and Trade linked direct

Smarter regulation: regulating for growth

Why linked: Consultation outcome on 'Smarter regulation: regulating for growth' and revised statutory guidance for the growth duty—core to the Bill's regulatory design framework

We’re seeking views on revised statutory guidance for the growth duty.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation on the Growth Duty, draft statutor… (23pp)
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↓ Growth Duty: statutory guidance refresh (35pp) ↓ Draft Growth Duty: statutory guidance (pending parliamentar… (37pp) ↓ Government response to the Regulating for Growth consultati… (33pp) ↓ Explanatory memorandum for the Growth Duty statutory guidan… (4pp)
22 Nov 2023 | Consultation outcome Department for Business and Trade linked direct

Smarter regulation: extending the growth duty to Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom

Why linked: Nov 2023 consultation extending the Growth Duty to Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom — informs scope of the Bill's named-regulator list.

We’re seeking views on extending the growth duty to include the following economic regulators: Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Smarter Regulation: Consultation on extending … (28pp)
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↓ Government response: consultation on extending the Growth D… (31pp)
22 Jul 2021 | Consultation (closed) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero linked direct

Reforming the framework for better regulation

Why linked: 2021 consultation on 'Reforming the framework for better regulation' - precursor policy development work on regulatory reform

Our exit from the EU provides us with the opportunity to think boldly about how we regulate and for the first time in a generation, we have the freedom to conceive and implement rules that put the UK first. We …

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