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Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 18 January 2023, in the House of Commons, led by Nusrat Ghani. The answering member was Jonathan Reynolds.
Report stage. New clause 1, debated with further new clauses, amendments and Government amendments. Agreed to on question. Clause 1, amendment 18, negatived on division (239 to 297). Amendment 28 negatived on division (239 to 300). Amendment 19 negatived on division (238 to 301). Amendment 36 negatived on division (242 to 295). Clauses 2, 6, 7, 14, 22 and new Schedule 1. King's consent. Third reading agreed to on division (297 to 238). Bill passed.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
726 cc383-493 
Session
2022-23
Legislative stage
Report stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Retained EU law: where next? European Scrutiny Committee fifth report.
Monday, 18 July 2022
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
The UK's new relationship with the EU.
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-23. As amended in Committee.
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Nusrat Ghani | 726 c384 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

Lindsay Hoyle | 726 cc384-392 (Link to this contribution)

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 2—Conditions for bring...


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Nusrat Ghani | 726 c392 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to be here, and I thank all Members who have tabled new amendments and new claus...

Robert Neill | 726 c392 (Link to this contribution)

We all accept that the status of EU law must change and that it will have to be reassimilated int...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

I always respect my hon. Friend’s opinion, but he is fundamentally mistaken. We have undertaken a...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) is fundamentally wrong. ...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

Having a single set of laws across the UK will provide far more certainty.

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

Before I take any more interventions, I want to address the point made by my hon. Friend the Memb...

John Hayes | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

Notwithstanding the charmingly innocent faith in lawyers of my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. When decisions are taken either to amend or to revoke, the usual channels will be fol...

Sammy Wilson | 726 c393 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister is right that the whole point of Brexit was to take control of our own laws. She is ...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c394 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend raises a very important issue. As it is sensitive, he must allow me a moment...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c394 (Link to this contribution)

I will just make a little progress before I take more interventions.

I cannot stress enough...

James Duddridge | 726 c394 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that my hon. Friend will remember being on the Back Benches and sitting in statutory in...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c395 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There has been a lot of misinformation about the environment....

Ian Blackford | 726 c395 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister spoke of taking back control, but the harsh reality is that the Government are takin...

Roger Gale | 726 c395 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Could I gently say to the Minister that in order to facilitate Hansard and hon. Members se...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c395 (Link to this contribution)

My apologies, Mr Deputy Speaker.

The question is, why would the right hon. Member for Ross,...

Geraint Davies | 726 c396 (Link to this contribution)

On agility, the Minister will know that the majority of the thousands of rules that need to be ch...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c396 (Link to this contribution)

I think many people coming into the debate today think that this is the start of something, but t...

Stella Creasy | 726 c396 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East (Sir James Duddridge) talked about statutory instr...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc396-7 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member was very astute in Committee, and we spent many hours together discussing this. T...

Saqib Bhatti | 726 c397 (Link to this contribution)

Just before that intervention, the Minister was talking about the environment. Is it not the case...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c397 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. We on this side of the House have done a tremendous amount of work that did not requi...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc397-8 (Link to this contribution)

I will just make a little bit of progress.

As I have said, the sunset clause is necessary a...

Mike Amesbury | 726 c398 (Link to this contribution)

Surely parliamentary sovereignty is giving Members of Parliament control, not the Executive or bu...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c398 (Link to this contribution)

The reality is that Ministers take decisions all the time, and there is a process in place where ...

Vicky Ford | 726 c398 (Link to this contribution)

I want to react to what I think I heard the Minister saying when she suggested that those of us w...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c398 (Link to this contribution)

I would not want to misrepresent my right hon. Friend’s position. The point I was making was that...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c398 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way to the hon. Lady because she has been so patient.

Caroline Lucas | 726 cc398-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for finally giving way. She is suggesting that those of us who oppo...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c399 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady has got the meme for her Facebook page. Unfortunately, she wholly misrepresents wha...

Alexander Stafford | 726 c399 (Link to this contribution)

Listening to the Opposition, we might think that the EU is the land of milk and honey when it com...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc399-400 (Link to this contribution)

We can make sure that we have a better focus on renewables, and we can take the decisions that wo...

Fleur Anderson | 726 c400 (Link to this contribution)

Many constituents have been in touch with me with their concerns about habitat protection, matern...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c400 (Link to this contribution)

We are working across Departments to cover laws that will either be assimilated, amended or revok...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c400 (Link to this contribution)

I will make a little progress.

Significant reform will be needed in other areas, which is w...

Robin Millar | 726 cc400-1 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is setting out a very powerful case. On the one hand, she is making the case that ...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c401 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If the law is already devolved, the devolved Administrations ...

Hywel Williams | 726 c401 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister talks about the devolved Administrations hanging on to their powers. Will she ensure...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc401-2 (Link to this contribution)

Yes. The hon. Gentleman may have missed the earlier part of my speech. Government officials have ...

Geraint Davies | 726 c402 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I seek your advice because the Environment Secretary test...

Roger Gale | 726 c402 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is well aware that that is not a matter for the Chair. The Minister is respons...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc402-3 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. To ensure that the devolved Governments are also able to fully seiz...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c403 (Link to this contribution)

I will finish this point and then I will take some interventions. We also now have AUKUS, where w...

Anna Firth | 726 c403 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that stagnant EU laws are hindering ec...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c403 (Link to this contribution)

It will indeed help the cockle industry. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs h...

Patrick Grady | 726 c403 (Link to this contribution)

Is that not precisely the point: any Department, at any time, that identifies areas of retained E...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c404 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman fundamentally misunderstands the Bill. Many items of law will...

Andrew Jones | 726 c404 (Link to this contribution)

I chair the European Statutory Instruments Committee, which has been mentioned in this House alre...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c404 (Link to this contribution)

They are not just hollow, but simply inaccurate. My hon. Friend has mentioned his European Statut...

Justin Madders | 726 cc404-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to rise to speak in support of the amendments that appear in my...

Margaret Ferrier | 726 c405 (Link to this contribution)

As we have heard, the vast majority of policy, from use of harmful pesticides to air quality, tha...

Justin Madders | 726 c405 (Link to this contribution)

I will go on to explain why that deadline is inappropriate and, indeed, impractical.

The Go...

Alexander Stafford | 726 c405 (Link to this contribution)

I am listening carefully to the hon. Member’s speech, especially about the timeline. My question ...

Justin Madders | 726 c406 (Link to this contribution)

If people are going to intervene, they should read the Bill and the amendments, because they woul...

Justin Madders | 726 c406 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way to the architect of the Bill.

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 c406 (Link to this contribution)

Surely the hon. Gentleman is aware that our first legislation on consumer rights was in 1893, som...

Justin Madders | 726 c406 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that those were the glory years—the right hon. Member’s favourite period of time. This ...

Stella Creasy | 726 c406 (Link to this contribution)

I think everybody agrees that, as we have left the European Union, we need to look at the foundat...

Justin Madders | 726 c407 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention. That is exactly the problem here. If Ministers decide to rem...

Colum Eastwood | 726 c407 (Link to this contribution)

When it comes to workers’ rights or environmental protections, does the shadow Minister suspect, ...

Justin Madders | 726 c407 (Link to this contribution)

That probably takes us slightly away from the thrust of the Bill. But what is this Government’s r...

Caroline Lucas | 726 c407 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member is being generous and making a powerful case. Does he share my concern that, for ...

Justin Madders | 726 c408 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member is right. I shall come back to that in a little while.

John Hayes | 726 c408 (Link to this contribution)

In essence, when we took back control through the referendum decision in 2016, it was not to a pa...

Justin Madders | 726 c408 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid the right hon. Gentleman does not understand what the Bill does. It hands the power t...

Abena Oppong-Asare | 726 c408 (Link to this contribution)

Following the Bar Council’s recommendations and concerns about protections, I put on record that ...

Justin Madders | 726 cc408-9 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend articulates well why her constituents and indeed many people across all sectors of...

Richard Graham | 726 c409 (Link to this contribution)

The shadow Minister has implied that the whole country is very concerned about what is going to h...

Justin Madders | 726 c409 (Link to this contribution)

I think we would be reassured if that was what the Bill did, but the Bill does not give Ministers...

Geraint Davies | 726 c409 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that, over the 47 years of our membership, we evolved thousands of rule...

Justin Madders | 726 c409 (Link to this contribution)

That is a very good point. If the Government cannot even tell us how many rules are covered by th...

Janet Daby | 726 c410 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure many of us have received emails from constituents concerned about this process, or rath...

Justin Madders | 726 c410 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right that we must answer to our constituents about what is going to happen wit...

John McDonnell | 726 c410 (Link to this contribution)

There is a huge point of principle here, but there are also issues around pragmatic logistics. I ...

Justin Madders | 726 c410 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. The deadline was pretty risky to start with, but it now lo...

Justin Madders | 726 cc410-1 (Link to this contribution)

If you do not mind, Mr Deputy Speaker, I am not going to take any more interventions for a while,...

Andrew Jones | 726 c411 (Link to this contribution)

It is clearly right to have parliamentary scrutiny of these measures and those that will come as ...

Justin Madders | 726 cc411-3 (Link to this contribution)

I direct the hon. Gentleman to the Whips Office around the corner. He can have a word with them a...

Craig Whittaker | 726 c412 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman has already said that the UK’s elected processes already had input into EU law...

Justin Madders | 726 cc412-4 (Link to this contribution)

Well, a Government who have been promising an employment Bill for five years and allowed the scan...

Vicky Ford | 726 c414 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member is suggesting that this Government want to get rid of a huge number of workers’ r...

Justin Madders | 726 cc414-5 (Link to this contribution)

If the Minister is true to her word, she will vote with us and make sure that that is exactly wha...

Mike Amesbury | 726 c415 (Link to this contribution)

I am after my hon. Friend’s help on this: was it a figment of my imagination, or did those on the...

Justin Madders | 726 cc415-7 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, I think that Bill also gives employers the power to sack striking nurses, teachers and docto...

Roger Gale | 726 c417 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Take out your mental editing pens, ladies and gentlemen, because you are going to have to ...

William Cash | 726 c418 (Link to this contribution)

Having endured the last 40 minutes, I am bound to say, as Chairman of the European Scrutiny Commi...

John Hayes | 726 c418 (Link to this contribution)

This is the essence of the misunder-standing of the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston. Th...

William Cash | 726 c419 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention, because nothing could have been more obvious than the fact t...

William Cash | 726 cc419-420 (Link to this contribution)

No. In a nutshell, every single law that goes to the Council of Ministers, which is the ultimate ...

Wera Hobhouse | 726 c420 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have been told many times that when we are on Report, w...

Roger Gale | 726 c420 (Link to this contribution)

I have already exercised that judgment. If I thought that the hon. Gentleman was out of order, I ...

William Cash | 726 cc420-1 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. So much for that.

Our system has relied uniquely on a large b...

Alyn Smith | 726 cc421-2 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). Bluntly, we do not agree...

Robin Millar | 726 c422 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes some interesting and thoughtful points. How, then, did leaving the Europ...

Alyn Smith | 726 cc422-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has mentioned that often-quoted canard. As a starter, the Europ...

William Cash | 726 c424 (Link to this contribution)

I jib very strongly at the suggestion of avoiding the procedures whereby these laws were made. It...

Alyn Smith | 726 c424 (Link to this contribution)

That is a point on which we flatly disagree. These legislative instruments were for over 40 or 50...

Drew Hendry | 726 c424 (Link to this contribution)

What are my hon. Friend’s thoughts on the fact of those powers being called in by a Minister, not...

Alyn Smith | 726 cc424-5 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with that point, but that is the reality of devolution, which is why we think devolution ...

Stephen Farry | 726 c425 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a commonality of approach and of concerns, which he h...

Alyn Smith | 726 c425 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The UK constitutional arrangements in London, Wales,...

Dean Russell | 726 cc425-6 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak primarily about new clause 1, but I will touch on other amendments.

This Bi...

Debbie Abrahams | 726 c426 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member and I have worked collaboratively on a number of things, including the Online Saf...

Dean Russell | 726 c426 (Link to this contribution)

I enjoyed working with the hon. Lady on the Online Safety Bill, which made huge progress yesterda...

William Cash | 726 c427 (Link to this contribution)

On a small point that was just raised, may I mention that the Online Safety Bill is not retained ...

Dean Russell | 726 c427 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend.

I am conscious of time. The bit that I really want to touch on...

Jim Shannon | 726 c427 (Link to this contribution)

While most of the United Kingdom will benefit from the Bill, and my party will support the Govern...

Dean Russell | 726 c427 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member—my friend—for his comments. Absolutely, we need to get that sorted, becau...

Hilary Benn | 726 cc428-9 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill certainly has not improved with age; on the contrary, all of its flaws have become more ...

Craig Whittaker | 726 cc429-430 (Link to this contribution)

First, I would like to put on record my support for this Bill. I fully understand the huge opport...

Stella Creasy | 726 cc430-2 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to raise amendment 36, tabled in my name and in the name of the right hon. Member for Halt...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 cc432-4 (Link to this contribution)

May I begin by thanking the fantastic Bill team, some of whom may be listening to our proceedings...

Ian Blackford | 726 c434 (Link to this contribution)

I hope the right hon. Gentleman will understand this point. Of course there is a difference: we w...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 c434 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. There will be some work for the Scottish Parliament ...

Alex Sobel | 726 cc434-5 (Link to this contribution)

I will keep my remarks to the Bill’s impact on laws that fall within the remit of the Department ...

Caroline Lucas | 726 c436 (Link to this contribution)

Is it not also the case that, as far as we are aware, the perception of environmental legislation...

Alex Sobel | 726 c436 (Link to this contribution)

There is a point about REACH—the EU regulation concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisa...

Alex Sobel | 726 c436 (Link to this contribution)

As I have mentioned the right hon. Gentleman twice, I will give way to him.

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 c436 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful. I just want to clarify a point. It is not my word that has any significance i...

Alex Sobel | 726 c436 (Link to this contribution)

I look forward to repeating the words of the right hon. Gentleman and the Minister on the Treasur...

Vicky Ford | 726 cc436-8 (Link to this contribution)

I want to start by thanking the Minister for the “Dear colleague” letter that arrived last night....

Emma Hardy | 726 cc437-9 (Link to this contribution)

One of the loveliest plaudits I have had since becoming a Member of Parliament is to be named as ...

David Davis | 726 cc439-440 (Link to this contribution)

I will be brief. My arguments will be simple and they will go straight to amendment 36.

Whe...

Stella Creasy | 726 c440 (Link to this contribution)

I hesitate to stop the right hon. Gentleman, but does he therefore agree with me that the fact th...

David Davis | 726 c440 (Link to this contribution)

If the hon. Lady had given me 30 seconds, I would have made exactly that point. I agree with her....

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 c440 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, because I, too, am very much in favour...

David Davis | 726 cc440-1 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry, but two wrongs do not make a right. The reason why I did not like the European Union ...

Sarah Olney | 726 cc441-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) in this de...

Marcus Fysh | 726 cc443-4 (Link to this contribution)

I voted for the independence that we gained from leaving the EU, as did many of my constituents. ...

Bambos Charalambous | 726 cc444-5 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak in support of amendments 18, 19, 21, 24 and 36. What is clear from the Government...

John Hayes | 726 cc445-7 (Link to this contribution)

The great constitutional theorist A.V. Dicey declared:

“The principle of parliamentary sove...

Ian Blackford | 726 cc447-8 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) described the Bill as a pig in a poke...

David Jones | 726 cc448-450 (Link to this contribution)

The measures in the Bill are wholly necessary and greatly welcome. The retention of EU law after ...

Ruth Cadbury | 726 cc450-1 (Link to this contribution)

What is it about the Conservative party and its predilection for avoiding scrutiny in the House? ...

Lia Nici | 726 c451 (Link to this contribution)

There has been a lot of discussion about democracy this afternoon. I would just point out that 70...

Hywel Williams | 726 cc452-3 (Link to this contribution)

Alas, I am going to add to the tsunami of nonsense, as it was termed a moment ago.

I rise t...

Peter Aldous | 726 c453 (Link to this contribution)

I have concerns about the Bill in its current form. Those concerns are informed partly by the Nat...

Mick Whitley | 726 c454 (Link to this contribution)

Less than 48 hours after we stood in this House to defend the right to strike, my hon. Friends an...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 726 c454 (Link to this contribution)

Industry bodies are currently concerned about the divergence of regulation, which is a divergence...

Mick Whitley | 726 c454 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member has made a good point. There is no doubt that this will cause an absolute diverge...

Patrick Grady | 726 cc455-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is interesting to hear some Members go on about how retained EU law has a special status in UK...

Nigel Evans | 726 c456 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member on his reference to “Star Trek” on Report. At least he referred to...

Margaret Greenwood | 726 cc456-7 (Link to this contribution)

Through this pernicious piece of legislation the Government seek to give themselves the power to ...

Wera Hobhouse | 726 cc457-8 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak in support of amendments 21 and 36. Losing environmental protections was a major ...

Nigel Evans | 726 c458 (Link to this contribution)

We have two more Back-Bench contributions, and then we will move on to the wind-ups. I advise Mem...

Geraint Davies | 726 cc458-460 (Link to this contribution)

This is the second shameful bit of legislation the House has seen this week, the first being the ...

Nigel Evans | 726 c460 (Link to this contribution)

I know that Christmas was a few weeks ago, but here is a late present: I am not putting the clock...

Matt Rodda | 726 c460 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am a lucky man.

I wish to speak about a number of...

Margaret Greenwood | 726 c461 (Link to this contribution)

I am just trying to squeeze a bit more out of Mr Deputy Speaker’s kind gift. Does my hon. Friend ...

Matt Rodda | 726 c461 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I have worked with asbestos campaigners in my own area i...

Matt Rodda | 726 c461 (Link to this contribution)

I am conscious of time and, given that I have allowed one intervention, I should now conclude.

Nigel Evans | 726 c461 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you. I call the Minister to wind up.

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc461-2 (Link to this contribution)

I thank everybody for their contributions, which have been measured and passionate. Many importan...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 726 c462 (Link to this contribution)

We know that Brexit has damaged the UK’s GDP, but has any assessment been made—I have spoken to i...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c462 (Link to this contribution)

The report today said, in contrast to the hon. Member’s comment, that we are one of the top count...

Geraint Davies | 726 c462 (Link to this contribution)

On product safety, and specifically on asbestos, since it has been raised, the Minister will know...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c463 (Link to this contribution)

That is why we are going through EU legislation—to identify that and to make those decisions. I w...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c463 (Link to this contribution)

The Council of Europe, forgive me. When he was there recently, the hon. Gentleman was open in say...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 726 c463 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister wish to take an intervention? No. Okay. The hon. Gentleman has withdrawn what h...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c463 (Link to this contribution)

If his remark had not been withdrawn, I would have read out the quotation.

To return to haz...

Stella Creasy | 726 c464 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister is setting out a number of laws, and she has just said on the record that she has ve...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c464 (Link to this contribution)

The dashboard will always be updated as new EU law is being discovered. The fact that it has to b...

John Hayes | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution)

The truth is that we would have the power to do exactly as the Minister said and to introduce imp...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. We are elected to govern. Of course, it will take...

William Cash | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend, in the light of what she has just said, recall “Project Fear”, with George O...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution)

I would be giving away my age if I said I do remember it well. Fortunately, not all of that has c...

Dean Russell | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution)

One of the key things here is looking at red tape that is unnecessary for small businesses. I am ...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc465-6 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend, who was a fantastic Minister in the Department and led earlier consideration of t...

Vicky Ford | 726 c466 (Link to this contribution)

Can my hon. Friend confirm that businesses will get notice of which laws will drop away at the en...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c466 (Link to this contribution)

Most consumer legislation is based in UK law, but officials are working with Departments, and the...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc466-7 (Link to this contribution)

I must make some progress; I am worried about time running out. I must also speak in particular t...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution)

I am reluctant to give way, because the intervention will end up being, “But we just don’t want t...

Ian Blackford | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister respect the right of the Scottish Parliament not to give consent to this Bill?<...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution)

I find this extraordinary. The devolved authorities have the right to make decisions on devolved ...

Anthony Browne | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution)

I have been involved in European policymaking over a period of about 20 years, including being Eu...

Nusrat Ghani | 726 cc467-8 (Link to this contribution)

That is what the Bill proposes, so that we are not stuck in time with EU laws made elsewhere.

...
Nusrat Ghani | 726 c490 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I wish to thank all the right hon....

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 726 c490 (Link to this contribution)

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

6.45 pm

Jonathan Reynolds | 726 cc490-1 (Link to this contribution)

As we move to Third Reading, may I thank all colleagues, Ministers, civil servants and Clerks of ...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 726 c491 (Link to this contribution)

First, may I congratulate the Minister for Industry and Investment Security, my hon. Friend the M...

Alyn Smith | 726 cc491-2 (Link to this contribution)

I will be brief because we have had a long discussion today. The SNP opposes the Bill. We believe...

William Cash | 726 c492 (Link to this contribution)

After 38 years in this House, I simply say a profound thank you to the British electorate—the 17 ...

Bell Ribeiro-Addy | 726 c492 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that many other Members have said this already, but this has nothing to do with Brexit....

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 726 c492 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The hon. Lady must not keep using the word “you.” She must speak through the Chair. I thin...

John Hayes | 726 c492 (Link to this contribution)

Fear, doubt and guilt have bedevilled politicians and politics for too long in this country, but ...

Patrick Grady | 726 cc492-3 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister would not take an intervention, but I think the right hon. Member for North East Som...

Stella Creasy | 726 c493 (Link to this contribution)

I put on record my thanks to all the civil servants who have answered our questions on this Bill,...

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