Lords inquiry hears from policy experts 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 policy experts.

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 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 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.