We have the president of the board of trade and industry making a stirring speech and saying that four hundred and forty proposals as a result of the booklet called cutting red tape were either being implemented or under active consideration  and he talked about the explanatory guide  to the bill, the new scrutiny committee that might be set up in each house, he spoke about the business task forces that had made over six hundred recommendations  the debate I thought heralded  was er er I thought the debate heralded er er a new age  where over zealous officialdom would be a thing of the past.