The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee is continuing its inquiry into the relationship between regulators and economic growth in another live evidence session with policy experts tomorrow.
The session will begin at 10am on Tuesday 9 December and can be followed live or afterwards on Parliament TV or in person in Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster.
The Committee will hear from:
- Sam Dumitriu - Head of Policy, Britain Remade
- Robert Colvile - Director, Centre for Policy Studies
Members of the Committee are expected to ask questions on:
- the Government’s meaning of growth;
- how regulators can support growth;
- key challenges and trade-offs between growth and other objectives regulators have;
- the admin burden reduction target;
- strengthening of the Growth Duty;
- the Government’s role in encouraging regulators to accept more risk;
- the Government’s target to reduce the administrative burden of regulation by 25%;
- opportunities and operational changes caused by data, technology and AI;
- legislative or policy changes needed to reduce regulatory burdens.
The Industry and Regulators Committee considers matters relating to industry, including the policies of His Majesty’s Government to promote industrial growth, skills, and competitiveness, and scrutinises the work of UK regulators.
The Committee has published its call for evidence for the inquiry. Click here to access the complete list of questions, plus details how of to submit evidence by the deadline of Friday 9 January 2026
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