In order to get back on the right foot with Brexiteers, and the right wing of the Tory party, Johnson has announced there will be the start of a purge of EU laws this year.
It was originally intended that each law, if thought now unnecessary, would be debated in Parliament, and voted on, before abolition.
He has now decided to dump a lot of them, wholesale, via statutory instrument which means no debate or vote is part of the process.
They will be decided in Cabinet, unless a "critical mass" of MPs object.
Laws which could be scrapped
Encouraging drones
The use of drones is illegal in almost all cases where the operator cannot see the vehicle they are flying. Relaxing this legislation could allow companies to use drones for deliveries and for spraying fields with pesticide, although it would raise concerns about the risk of crashes.
New animal feed
Some farmers would like the right to add vitamins and amino acids to the food they feed their livestock, which is currently restricted. Tory MPs have called on the Government to allow insect protein to be fed to pigs and chickens too.
Lighter regulations for small banks
A new “graduated regime” of regulation for the finance sector could encourage start-up banks which would be subject to only a light touch from regulators, with the obligations increasing as companies grow larger.
Clinical trials data
Allowing researchers and companies to share more data about patients is a possible way of speeding up clinical trials of new drugs which some Brexiteers believe will boost the UK’s scientific expertise compared to the EU.
New energy tariffs
The rules governing how energy companies deal with their customers could be relaxed to let firms offer a wider range of tariffs intended to better align households’ costs with their heating and electricity needs, while encouraging the drive for net zero carbon emissions.
Medical AI
Many believe that artificial intelligence will inevitably become increasingly important in medical devices. Britain’s legislation could be updated to anticipate the regulatory problems this could cause.
Ports bureaucracy
Britain’s ports currently need to fulfil a number of transparency requirements which increase their administrative costs and which they argue are not needed in the UK, as opposed to the EU where large state-owned ports remain the norm.
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