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Retained EU law: a race against time?

17 February 2023 / Dr Beatriz San Martin , Libby Amos-Stone , Lewis Pope
Issue: 8013 / Categories: Features , EU , Brexit
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Dr Beatriz San Martin, Libby Amos-Stone & Lewis Pope put the controversial Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill under the microscope
  • The background and contents of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, currently at committee stage in the House of Lords.
  • The implications and challenges presented by the Bill.

We are not in the world of The Faraway Tree, entering the land of Topsy Turvy. It is February 2023 and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-2023 is, at the time of writing, at committee stage in the House of Lords, after being introduced on 22 September 2022 during the brief tenure of Liz Truss’ government, with no signs of any sort of U-turn. Having been coined by many in the media as the ‘Brexit Bonfire Bill’, the Bill provides a mechanism to remove EU law currently on the national statute book and transition towards only domestically enacted legislation. If current timelines are maintained,

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