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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will not speak for long. Will the Minister explain what the procedure will be, particularly for dealing with amendments to regulations under Government amendment 4? That is…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn . Amendment proposed : 31, in clause 2, page 2, line 8, at end insert— “(1A) Subsection (1) has effect…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)If the right hon. Member wants to give the public reassurance that there is no intention to sweep away the rights, this is the perfect opportunity to do so by voting for the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 73, in clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— “(2A) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following instruments— (a) Management of Health and Safety at…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)I agree. I, too, have sympathy for the Minister, who has been dealt a pretty poor hand, but the idea that we cannot get someone to cut and paste from the dashboard to the Bill is…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. When a Bill is clear, and when the intention and the factual basis for proceeding are clear, it is not always necessary to have…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 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)Businesses want certainty and, with this Bill, we are as far away from that as is possible. I do not know if there is going to be a margin of error. Indeed, I do not think there…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Thank you, Sir George. I am happy to take interventions if any hon. Members wish to intervene.22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I guess that we are not going to get that assurance, and that shows why we were exactly right to table the amendment, and we will put it to a vote. I do not think that even…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Member is exactly right. If there is no intention to do away with these laws, the Government simply have to accept the amendment with no further question or debate about…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Sir George. Before our lunch break, I was talking about some of the important employment rights that derived from EU…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 (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 90, in clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— “(1A) Schedule [the Definitive List] sets out a complete list of instruments to be revoked by subsection…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)This is a very important piece of work, as the Minister has outlined. There must be a Minister who is responsible for it. Who is that? Who can we ask and speak to about this…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s references to my special day, which will now be recorded forever more. She mentioned the Brexit opportunities team. Who is the Minister…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will not detain the Committee long. We have ventilated a lot of the arguments about amendment 72 already in relation to why the 2023 deadline —or cliff edge—is unacceptable. The…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)rose —22 Nov 2022