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LNB NEWS: Report on progress of the Retained EU Law Bill published

11 January 2023
Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU
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The House of Commons Library has published a report on the progress of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-2023, prior to the Commons report stage and third reading of the paper, which is yet to be scheduled. 

Lexis®Library update: So far, the Bill has had its second reading on Tuesday 25 October 2022, been considered in public bill committee for four days and been amended 15 times without a division. The approved amendments include those that offer clarification or resolve drafting issues. There have also been no opposition amendments to the Bill, with the vast majority of those proposed either being defeated on a division, not formally moved or withdrawn.

The notable developments that have taken place since the Bill was created include:

  • Grant Shapps succeeding Jacob Rees-Mogg as the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
  • the Scottish Government and Welsh Government have each published legislative consent memorandums recommending that consent be withheld for the Bill by the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru
  • the government’s independent Regulatory Policy Committee has criticised the government’s Impact Assessment on the Bill, describing it as ‘not fit for purpose’
  • the National Archives has identified significant omissions in the government’s Retained EU law dashboard; media reports have suggested some 1,400 instruments could have been omitted from the initial catalogue (published back in July 2022)
  • press reports emerged in the new year to the effect that the House of Lords may seek to push back the sunset provisions, so that they take effect later than the end of 2023

The report is accessible here.

Source: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-23: Bill progress

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 10 January 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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