MPs Siv Sætran and Erling Sande propose updating the instructions that govern how government agencies conduct policy assessments. The proposers argue that reducing red tape and simplifying rules should be treated as independent policy objectives in this work, and that small and medium-sized businesses are neither adequately consulted nor have the consequences for them properly evaluated.
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The Storting calls on the government to revise the instructions for assessing government measures (dated 19 February 2016, no. 184) so that agencies conducting such assessments treat reducing red tape and simplifying rules as distinct policy objectives.
The Storting calls on the government to amend the instructions to ensure better evaluation of economic and administrative consequences, including specific assessments for small and medium-sized businesses.
The Storting calls on the government to require in the instructions that affected industries and other relevant stakeholders be involved early in the assessment process.