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<p>The Department for Business and Trade does not centrally hold documents relating
to negotiations at EU level over reducing costs of draft EU legislation.</p><p> </p><p>As
outlined in our policy paper, <em>Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy</em>, this
Government is scrutinising the stock of legislation we have inherited from the EU
and our wider regulations to ensure red tape does not stop businesses from growing
or competing.</p><p> </p><p>We have already announced that we will make improvements
to employment law that could save businesses around £1bn a year, while safeguarding
the rights of workers, and will set out further plans to reduce burdens on business
and citizens through the course of this year.</p>
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