Here you can find information in much greater depth on various aspects of the Bill. The factsheets on this page include the main purpose and benefits of the new legislation. They also describe the main elements of each area affected, as well as look into the background and wider context.
You can read the full Bill and see how the legislative process will work on the Parliament website.
Factsheets
- Civil liability and health and safety at work regulations
- Competition reform
- Copyright (updated Jan 2013)
- Debtor petition reform
- Directors’ pay
- Employment (updated Feb 2013)
- Equalities (updated Feb 2013)
- Green Investment Bank
- Midata (updated Feb 2013)
- Regulatory reform
ERR Bill policy paper - a full overview of the Bill
Impact assessments
There are 21 impact assessments for the Bill.
One summarises the overall effects of the proposed policies:
The other 20 impact assessments explain the reasoning behind specific parts of the Bill. They review possible options and assess the costs and benefits of bringing the Bill into law. They also explore whether there are any impact on different groups of people, and provide the evidence for the Bill:
- Abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board: impact assessment
- Removal of TV Licence notification requirement for Retailers: impact assessment
- UK Green Investment Bank: final impact assessment
- Resolving workplace disputes: final impact assessment
- Rapid resolution service: impact assessment
- A competition regime for growth: a consultation on options for reform. Impact assessment
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Heritage related proposals: impact assessment
- Reform of the Equality and Human Rights Commission: final impact assessment
- Impact assessment of extending the primary authority scheme
- Repeal of the ‘early discharge from bankruptcy’ provision: impact assessment
- Copyright protection for designs: impact assessment
- Shareholder votes on executive remuneration: impact assessment
- Extending collective licensing: impact assessment
- Orphan works: impact assessment
- Codes of conduct: impact assessment
- Facilitating settlement agreements: impact assessment
- Strict liability in health and safety at work: impact assessment
- Estate agents work: impact assessment
- Bankruptcy petition reform: impact assessment
- Obtaining information (equalities): impact assessment
- Review of third party harassment provisions: impact assessment
Explanatory Material
- Part 2: Employment (updated Feb 2013)
- New clause: Midata
- New clause: Agricultural Wages Board
- Copyright
- Power to remove concurrent competition functions of sector regulators (6 December, updated 8 January)