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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I have only a couple of questions. As I said, the Opposition consider the clause to be sensible, but will the Minister outline whether any assessment has been done as to what…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 81, in clause 11, page 13, line 26, leave out subsections (1) and (2). This amendment removes the subsections that omit and replace paragraphs 13, 14, and…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I think the irony is noted: the Minister says that everyone has their opportunity to speak and then does not give way to interventions.24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)The convention is of course that Ministers give way when asked to in Bill Committee, because that is the point of a Bill Committee—that we have the opportunity to scrutinise…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I can allow the Minister to intervene on me.24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I rise to speak to new clause 8, but before that I will address clauses 4, 5 and 6. Clause 4 is a Ronseal clause: with regard to abolishing the supremacy of the EU, it does…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)We can try. I want to say a few words about the clause, which will fit in with the discussion we will have on the following clauses. All these clauses pertain to the future of our…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I agree, and I hope that by the time the Bill reaches its conclusion we have clearer answers on how Parliament will be able to properly scrutinise many of the powers that the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I did posit in my opening remarks the principles of EU law that will be jettisoned. In the example of legal certainty and equal treatment, does the Minister consider that those…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Ronseal.24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I will first address the intervention of the right hon. Member for Clwyd West. The point of clause 4 is that it removes the ability of the courts to refer to precedents from any…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)We will be returning to Northern Ireland, as the Minister says. She said that the Bill will not add legal uncertainty. I am afraid that that is exactly what it will do, and it is…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I have quite a few things to say. First, the rehashing of the old arguments about a lack of scrutiny when the laws covered by the amendment were introduced is, as I said at length…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)If the hon. Member does not think that doing proper consultations is the way the Scottish Parliament wants to go, that is a matter for him, but we would like consistency of…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)I apologise in advance that this discussion will last longer than that on other amendments. We accept that these amendments would fundamentally change the nature of the Bill, but…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I think we got a real mix there of things that the Government intend to continue with, but also—I am particularly concerned about how this relates to the Bauer judgment—things…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)We do not have a lot of confidence. The hon. Member is right to point out the amount of legislation to which just this amendment relates. We are trying to do the Government a…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)The amendments acknowledge that it should not be Ministers who get to decide which laws to keep and which to chop. The Bill gives the Government widespread executive powers to…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir George. I will start by echoing the comments of the SNP spokesperson, the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute. We do not think the Bill…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Amendment 73 provides that clauses 1 to 3 and the powers under clause 15 do not apply to the list of regulations set out in the amendment. Committee members with a keen eye will…22 Nov 2022