Lords inquiry hears from economists on regulators and growth

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee continues its inquiry into the relationship between regulators and economic growth, by hearing from economists.

The session will begin at 10am on Tuesday 18 November 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: 

• Dan Elliott,
  Founder and Director, Frontier Economics
  
  
• Simon Wilde,
  Partner, Oxera
  
  

Members are expected to ask questions on:

• what the Government means by growth, what parts of the economy it expects to grow and how;
  
  
• what regulators can do to support growth;
  
  
• the key challenges and trade-offs between growth and other objectives which regulators have;
  
  
• the strengthening of the Growth Duty;
  
  
• the role the Government can and should play in encouraging regulators to accept more risk;
  
  
• the funding of additional resources which may be required by regulators;
  
  
• how wider changes in data, technology and AI are changing how companies and regulators operate;
  
  
• legislative or policy change needed to reduce regulatory burdens.

The Committee has published its call for evidence for this inquiry. The complete list of questions, plus details how to submit evidence by the deadline of Friday 9 January 2026, can be found on the Committee's website.