Does not what has just been said simply show that the Secretary of State can lift standards within the EU? The whole point about the EU is that it is not possible to push standards below a minimum threshold, but it is possible to do so outside the EU. In the future, therefore, if we are out, they can go up and down; but if we are in, they can go only up.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.
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