Better Regulation Task Force

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The Better Regulation Task Force was Chaired by Lord Haskins. Set up to free business from 'red tape', their intention is to save bosses from what they see as 'unnecessary' restrictions on their profits.

  • Sarah Anderson is the Chief Executive of the Mayday Group, an employment agency providing catering staff. She is Chair of the CBI's SME Council, making her the main representative for small and medium-sized businesses for the CBI. She also sits on the London Employer's coalition for the New Deal and is Chair of the London Enterprise Agency.
  • Jyoti Banerjee is Chief Executive of TBC Research, a company that provides marketing information to IT companies and publishes Computers and Finance Magazine.
  • Balram Gidoomal is the millionaire Chairman of Winning Communications, a business consultancy which specialises in leadership training and equal opportunities. He also sits on the New Deal Task Force Ethnic Minority Advisory Group. He is an evangelical Christian who stood for the Christian People's Alliance in the London Mayoral elections in 2000.
  • Peter Hughes is the Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering, a lobbying organisation for the Scottish manufacturing industry. He is the former Chairman and Managing Director of Glencast Ltd., a specialist steel foundry.
  • Dr. Chai Patel is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Westminster Healthcare plc, Britain's 3rd largest nursing home company, which he took control of in a £214 million deal in 1998. He was formerly the Chief Executive of Care First plc, also one of the largest operators of private nursing homes in the UK. In October 1999 he bought the Priory Hospital Group, 13 acute psychiatric hospitals, for £100 million. He was Chair of the Task Force's Working Group on Long Term Care and a member of the Department of Health's 'action team' on NHS bed use which recommended that the NHS should place older patients into private nursing homes. He gave more than £5,000 to the Labour Party in 1999.
  • Matti Alderson is a Director of FireHorses Ltd., a company that advises on regulatory strategy. She is the former Director General of the Advertising Standards Authority, which controls all non-broadcast advertising in the UK. She is a member of the MAFF's Food Advisory Committee and the Review Body on Doctor's and Dentists Remuneration.


Former members of the Task Force

Former members of the Better Regulation Task Force include:

  • Stephen Alambritis, the Head of Press and Parliamentary Affairs for the Federation of Small Businesses. He is a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Work-Life Balance and is a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party. Soon after the New Deal started, the Brighton Federation of Small Businesses distributed a letter praising the virtues of the scheme as a supply of free labour for bosses. The letter was headed 'Have you ever thought how profitable your business would be if you didn't have to pay out any wages?'
  • Hugh Field is a Director of BCB International, suppliers of medical and food products, camping equipment and military survival equipment. He is Chair of the Cardiff Local Business Partnership.

Sir Simon Gourlay is a Farmer. He is the former President of the NFU from 1986-91. He is the Vice-Chair of Herefordshire Health Authority and a Partner in Maesbrook Nursing Home.

Robert Purry is Head of Tax at Grant Thornton, an auditing, tax planning and business advisory company.

Peter Salsbury is Ex-Chief Executive at Marks and Spencer plc, where his annual salary was �560,000 in 2000. He resigned in September 2000. He is also a Non-Executive Director of TR Property investment trust plc.

Ian Peters Ian Peters Deputy Director of the British Chambers of Commerce.


Penelope Rowlatt Penelope Rowlatt Economist and Director of Europe Economics.


Stephen Alambritis Stephen Alambritis Head of Press and Parliamentary Affairs for the Federation of Small Businesses. Left in September 2000.


Pamela Meadows Pamela Meadows Independent Economist. Former Director of the right-wing Policy Studies institute. Left in September 2000.


Hugh Field Hugh Field Director of BCB International. Left in September 1999.


Sir Simon Gourlay Sir Simon Gourlay Farmer. Former President of the NFU from 1986-91. Left in September 1999.


Robert Purry Robert Purry Head of Tax at Grant Thornton. Left in February 1999.


Peter Salsbury Peter Salsbury Ex-Chief Executive of Marks and Spencer plc. Left in September 1999.


Anthony Tinsley Anthony Tinsley Senior Member of the Unilever plc Tax Executive. Left in June 2000.