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BERR: On taking office as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown stated his commitment ‘to ensuring policy-making benefited from a fuller and more rounded consideration of public risk’ and asked the BRC (Better Regulation Commission) to make proposals to ensure ‘this ambition is embedded in real policy action, even when facing pressures to react to events’.

 

The BRC has now published a report - Public Risk - The Next Frontier for Better Regulation – and its central recommendation is the establishment of the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council.  The PM has appointed the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council (RRAC) as a key part of his drive to improve the way risk to the public - from public health to pensions - is understood & managed by government. 

 

The RRAC has been asked to give its immediate attention to considering how best to ensure that policy responses to the frequent 'superbug' scares are timely, proportionate and effective.

Press release ~ Public Risk - The Next Frontier for Better Regulation ~ The Better Regulation Commission - Passing the baton ~ Risk, responsibility and regulation. Whose risk is it anyway? ~ Interim website for the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council (RRAC)

 

ScotGov: The Scottish Government will work with Parliament and others to refocus the scrutiny of public services in Scotland, John Swinney has announced as he published plans for implementing recommendations made in the Independent Review of regulation, audit, inspection and complaints handling of public services in Scotland.

The Review, led by Professor Lorne Crerar, recommended a new approach to scrutiny where external scrutiny concentrates on high risk areas, freeing up delivery bodies to get on with providing high quality services. The Government response to the Crerar Review sets out which recommendations have been accepted in full, which have been accepted in principle and which will require further consideration.

Press release ~ The Crerar Review ~ Government Response to Crerar Review