If the hon. Lady had given me 30 seconds, I would have made exactly that point. I agree with her. This morning, or last night, we had No. 10 rushing to brief the papers and to write to us saying that the Bill will not remove existing rights and protections, which is plainly not true, and that it will not impinge on environmental rights and so on. That demonstrates what a great hole there is in the middle of this legislation. If those matters were covered in the law, we would not need to have that assurance. All of the non-governmental organisations that are concerned—I do not agree with all of them—would not have had to have their say either.
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Davis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
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