Grant Shapps, MP for Welwyn and Hatfield and owner of a Cirrus SR22 pushed hard for this situation via his "Red Tape Challenge" The red tape (and fees) for AOC's went up and an area of GA became the wild west. Well done Grant! you c@@t!
The aforementioned Rt Hon Mr Shapps is also of course the Chairman of The All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA)!