The regulators told us they are taking action to mitigate issues around access to data. For example, in competition and consumer law enforcement, CMA can investigate itself and use its own powers to gather information.31 Despite no longer being able to share confidential data, it also told us that it has good working relationships with the European Commission and has launched three cases in parallel.32 To monitor food safety, FSA has developed a horizon-scanning data application that extracts...

The regulators told us they are taking action to mitigate issues around access to data. For example, in competition and consumer law enforcement, CMA can investigate itself and use its own powers to gather information.31 Despite no longer being able to share confidential data, it also told us that it has good working relationships with the European Commission and has launched three cases in parallel.32 To monitor food safety, FSA has developed a horizon-scanning data application that extracts information on food safety incidents from open-data sources. It told us the tool has helped it identify 27 food safety incidents, including listeria in Type: conclusion | Number: 12 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 4. PAC conclusion: The loss of access to EU systems and lack of progress in taking forward the regulatory cooperation provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement increase regulatory risks and costs. 4. PAC recommendation: The regulators should work t