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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I urge the members of the Committee to reject the amendment. As they are aware, the Bill contains a sunset date of 31 December 2023, by which all retained EU law will be removed…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I am not going to give way. If I was, I would certainly let them know, Sir Gary. [Hon. Members: “Lack of scrutiny!”] More important than issues around lack of scrutiny is the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Gentleman, who represents the SNP, does, of course, have a problem with accepting the results of referendums. He never likes the result they come to! Those who have…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)You will be surprised to learn, Sir Gary, that I ask the Committee to reject the new clause. I apologise to Government Members for the Opposition’s mournful tone. They may not…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I see I have provoked the hon. Gentleman.29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)Of course, the hon. Gentleman is part of Parliament. That is why he is sitting in this United Kingdom Parliament—because, when his electors and electors across Scotland were…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)The National Archives has a statutory duty, as the King’s printer, to ensure the statute book is accurate, so asking it to look at REUL is in its existing remit, and—going back to…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)Don’t worry—you’ll never be on this side.29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)Further to that point of order, Sir Gary—spurious or otherwise. I thank the Committee for being so indulgent of me, as I have come in on this final day. It has been a robust but…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I thank the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute for tabling the amendment, but I urge the Committee to reject it. The…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)In so far as I understood the hon. Gentleman’s question, the powers are circumscribed. They are designed to deliver the technical changes necessary and are certainly not meant to…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 17 amends the LRRA 2006 explicitly to include any retained direct EU legislation in its definition of legislation. This amendment confirms that the delegated powers…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I urge the Committee to reject amendments 88 and 89. Alongside the other powers in the Bill, the power to revoke or replace in clause 15 is an important, cross-cutting enabler of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)No, no, no, no.29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I am glad that there is, I think, acceptance that this amendment is a practical and sensible measure. By bringing procedures together in one and having the affirmative procedure,…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Having left the EU, the UK has the regulatory freedom to ensure that all regulations are designed with UK interests front and centre. To seize the opportunities that come with…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)As I said, we expect the reforms to the better regulation framework to set a higher bar for the introduction of regulation and to help to reduce the flow. On the precise timing of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 19 establishes a power to make consequential provision. It is necessary to enable the UK Government to make appropriate provision in consequence of the Bill. That includes…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I urge the Committee to reject the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute. It would prevent UK Ministers from making provisions within the competence of any…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in schedule 3, page 30, line 5, leave out paragraph 2 and insert— “2 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a statutory instrument containing regulations…29 Nov 2022