EHN drafts response to Eric Pickles proposals to change EDMOs

We have drafted a response to Eric Pickles' statement about forthcoming changes to the EDMO legislation. This can be downloaded from here. We have been invited by DCLG to feed into the amendment process. This document focuses on the practical changes that we think might usefully be made and that do not conflict with the overall government stance on EDMOs. This response has been requested by close-of-business on January 14th - there will be no formal consultation. Thus if you have any comments please submit them now by commenting in the EDMO forum. We have not attempted at this stage to rebut those comments in Eric Pickles' statement that we consider misleading. We may do this but it is not the highest priority.