Scope comment on the government's red tape challenge

13 April 2011

The Government has launched a Red Tape Challenge, which opens the door to scrapping every regulation, unless there is a good reason to keep it.

Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of disability charity Scope, said:

“The Government is rightly concerned with outdated, unnecessary bureaucracy – but its Red Tape Challenge sends a worrying message.

"Anyone that has found themselves on the receiving end of sharp practice, corner-cutting and discrimination by big businesses or town halls will know how hard it is to hold them to account.

“Surely David Cameron doesn't want to strip people of what power they do have in the name of cutting red tape?

"He can't really mean that hard won rights to care services, accessible buildings, employment, education and health care - not to mention the entire Equality Act - could all be scrapped.

"We urge the PM to commit to retaining regulations that protect people from unfair, arbitrary or inept decision-making."

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