Government underestimates cost of new rules on business, says Regulatory Policy Committee Michael Gibbons, chairman of the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), said that too many regulations fell outside the scope of the "one in, one out" regime, disguising the true flow of burdensome regulation on business. Mr Gibbons said rules drafted by the European Union and independent UK regulators, as well as fees and charges, such as the national minimum wage, were excluded without just cause. "We think the Government could widen the scope," he said. We fully understand that EU legislation is not under our control but it is a significant burden. His comments come as the RPC said it had reviewed almost 600 proposed pieces of legislation last year, only 48 of which were for reforms that would remove existing rules. Officials properly costed the impact of new rules in only a third of cases, with the rest causing the watchdog "significant concerns." Some 28pc were so poor they were prevented from progressing. The Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health were the worst offenders.