Jacob Rees-Mogg was criticised for launching a Brexit “vanity project” in the midst of a deepening cost of living crisis.
Hours after inflation hit a high of 9.1%, the Brexit Opportunities minister launched an online dashboard in the Commons on Wednesday.
It lists 2,400 pieces of “retained EU law” that have been transferred to the UK statute book.
Making a statement to the Commons on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the EU referendum, told MPs: “This dashboard I hope is an opportunity to tackle hundreds of matters which might seem marginal on their own, but each of these measures in the margin will combine to usher in a revolution."
Stephen Doughty, the shadow Europe minister said it was "extraordinary" for the Government to invite Brits to say which pieces of legislation they wanted to repeal as many are "wondering how they will put food on the table".
"The Government’s offer today to the British people is a digital filing cabinet of existing legislation, which the gentleman describes, in his own words, as marginal.
“And while the Government plans to cut 20% of civil servants, the minister for so-called Government efficiency is running his own make-work scheme in the Cabinet Office, creating tasks for them to satisfy his own obsessions.”
He added: “The reality is that gimmicks do nothing to address the real challenges that the public face today.”
Asked by the Mirror to set out exactly how the dashboard will help struggling families, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "If a Mirror reader wants to go on holiday in the UK, there's an EU directive, which I hope they will all write in to say we got rid of, that insists if the bed and breakfast they go to arranges for them to go to the restaurant next door for lunch and give them a voucher to go to this lunch they have to register under the package holiday directive as if it were a trip to the canary islands.
"And this is just the cost to put up holiday prices for readers.
"Not putting obstacles in the way of business puts prices down and it is the one thing you can do that eases things for people. This is making the economy more efficient."
The Tory minister later boasted that his banking friends in the City were not finding it “too difficult to jog along” despite inflation hitting a record high.
Asked by journalists about the impact of the EU cap on City bonuses, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "The City of London has to be competitive. It has to be open to the greatest global talent.
"But having said that I’m not sure the bonus cap has actually had that much effect.
“I’m not sure that my friends in the City are finding it too difficult to jog along at the moment.”
Speaking to reporters in Westminster, Mr Rees-Mogg hit out at one unnamed department that reported only 2% of retained EU law it would like to reform.
He called such a suggestion “hopeless”.
“We want to really try to make sure that every single one is looked at,” Mr Rees-Mogg said.
“Do I have a particular target percentage? No. But it needs to be a thorough exercise.”
Outlining one type of red tape he will scrap, Mr Rees-Mogg said "Did you know you can’t sell sparkling wine in a plastic bottle?
"You may think drinking sparkling wine out of a plastic bottle is dreadful, but if you want to, why should there be a law stopping you?”
