Better Regulation Task Force

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The Better Regulation Task Force was Chaired by Lord Haskins. Set up by New Labour to free business from 'red tape', their intention is to save bosses from what they see as 'unnecessary' restrictions on their profits. The Task Force became the Better Regulation Commission on 1 January 2006.

The Task Force Claim

From the Web Archive of the BRTF webpages circa 2005:

The Better Regulation Task Force was established in September 1997. It is an independent body that advises Government on action to ensure that regulation and its enforcement accord with the five Principles of Good Regulation
  • Proportionality
  • Accountability
  • Consistency
  • Transparency
  • Targeting
The Task Force does this by carrying out studies of particular regulatory issues. [1]

People

Membership circa 2006-2009

  • Steven Gould, Director of Professional Regulation and Consumer Protection at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS);
  • Philip Jansen, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive of Sodexho UK & Ireland;
  • Lord James Lindsay, Chair of the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS);
  • Sharmit Saggar, Professor of Political Science at the University of Sussex and Non–Executive Chairman of the Consumer Complaints Board at the Law Society of England & Wales;
  • Simon Walker, Director of Corporate Affairs at Reuters Group plc;
  • Professor Helen Wallace, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute, Italy


Membership circa 2004-5

Rex Symons, Simon Petch*, Penelope Rowlatt, Tim Sweeney, Victoria Younghusband, Janet Russell, Kevin Hawkins, Stephen Falder*, Ian Peters, Michael Gibbons, Deirdre Hutton*, Matti Alderson*, Sukvinder Stubbs Teresa Graham - Deputy Chair, David Arculus - Chair Jean Coussins, Kirit Patel, Eve Salomon, Sarah Veale, Adrian Askew, Lynne Berry and Simon Murphy.

  • These members have now stood down from the Task Force

Source, as at July 2005. Although, eight of the BRC's existing members were re–appointed until 31 March 2007: Teresa Graham, Jean Coussins, Michael Gibbons, Ian Peters, Penelope Rowlatt, Janet Russell, Eve Salomon and Sarah Veale

Membership circa 2003-4

David Arculus, Chairman Severn Trent plc •Teresa Graham, Deputy Chair Baker TillyMatti Alderson § Fire Horses •Jean Coussins ^ Portman GroupStephen Falder § HMG Paints •Michael Gibbons Consultant: utility sector •Kevin Hawkins British Retail ConsortiumDeirdre Hutton National Consumer Council •Kirit Patel ^ Day Lewis Group •Simon Petch (retired May 2003)§ CONNECTIan Peters EEFPenelope Rowlatt Independent economist •Janet Russell Kirklees Metropolitan Council •Eve Salomon Consultant: communications^ •Sukhvinder Stubbs Barrow Cadbury Trust •Tim Sweeney Consultant: financial services •Rex Symons Bournemouth Primary Care NHS Trust •Sarah Veale Trades Union Congress^ •Simon Ward Consultant: hospitality industry* • Victoria Younghusband Lawrence Graham § Stood down from Task Force on 31 March 2004 ^ Appointed to Task Force in 14 April 2004 Source

Membership circa 2002

  • 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?' Left in September 2000.
  • Anthony Tinsley is a Senior Member of the Unilever Plc Tax Executive and a director of Unilever UK Holdings Ltd. He is the former Chair of the London Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee and is a member of the Tax Committees of both the CBI and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The ICC is a highly influential organisation which represents 'the international voice of business' and is actively involved in countering the anti-globalisation movement. Its President is Helmut Maucher, the Chairman of Nestlé. Left in June 2000.
  • 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. Left in September 1999.