Red Tape Challenge hits marine this month
Tell the government what you really think…
CHALLENGE: The government’s Red Tape Challenge moved onto the maritime sector on 10 November and will be open for the next five weeks for us all to tell the government what we think they can do to help us.
The objective of the challenge is to promote open discussion of the ways in which the aims of existing regulation can be fulfilled in the least burdensome way possible.
With the focus now on the maritime sector the Department for Transport wants to gather thoughts and ideas from those who deal with regulations on a day-to-day basis on which regulations should stay, which could be merged, which can be scrapped and so on.
“This is a great opportunity for us all, from clubs and training centres, to volunteers and boaters and the RYA to let government know what we think about existing regulation and its impact upon our activities,” said Gus Lewis RYA head of government affairs.
The RYA has already met with the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Department for Transport to discuss the process and to help identify where the RYA’s intervention might be most effective.
At the end of the five weeks ministers will have three months to decide what action they will take in light of the experience and ideas they have received from the sector.
The government’s Red Tape Challenge, which will be conducted across all departments and sectors, started in April 2011 and will run until April 2013.
To let the government know what you think, go to the Red Tape Challenge website at redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/home/index/ and join the debate.
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