The RPC produces opinions on impact assessments (IAs) to help departments ensure that the evidence and analysis in them is sufficiently robust. Our independent opinions assist ministerial decision making and parliamentary scrutiny of regulatory proposals that are in the scope of the Better Regulation Framework. Government departments are required to submit IAs of their regulatory proposals to the RPC in sufficient time for the us to issue an opinion before the legislation is laid before Parliament. The IA and the RPC's opinion should then be published alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.
The Renters' Rights Bill was introduced to Parliament on 11 September 2024. An IA was submitted on 16 September for RPC scrutiny but has not been published alongside the Bill.
The RPC will review the IA and will produce an opinion when its scrutiny has been completed. The opinion will be made available to the Government as quickly as possible and will be published on the RPC's website, when this statement will be updated.
