Impact assessments also help the Government and policy-makers think through and understand the effects of their proposals.
The Vice President tartly responded to Republican complaints that the Administration had exaggerated the effects of their proposals.
Advocates of family planning respond that the overall effect of his proposals could be to harm the ability of mothers to care for their families.
But the effect of Labour's proposals in the South East could be dramatic.
In its report, the panel tried to estimate the effects of its proposals on the poverty rate for 1992.
We need to consider the effect of the government's proposals on those people who suffer injury as a result of a medical accident during a stay in hospital.
The detailed costing and revenue-raising effects of our proposals are contained in a separate supplement.
This, after all, will be the effect of our proposals in agriculture because, unlike many developing countries, our bound and applied tariffs are usually the same.
We have asked the Commission on more than one occasion to supply information on the practical effects of their proposals, they have not so done.
The practical effects of our past proposals have been rather small.