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Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

I thank the Minister for giving way. Does he not accept that one very important thing we shall lose if we leave the European Union in two months’ time is the Francovich principle,

under which individuals or groups of people can sue the Government or other state authorities for not observing the law on these matters? It is due to Francovich that on a number of occasions we won considerable improvements to our water quality and the cleanliness of our beaches. That constraint on government, that discipline, will disappear completely if we leave the European Union.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
795 c687 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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