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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to return to one point you mentioned, which was interesting because it contradicted what some of the witnesses said earlier on. They said that one reason we do not need…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q On that point, Mr Sharp, with the TUC being the umbrella body for trade unions, you will be having discussions with not only everyone in the trade union movement, but employers.…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a quick question for Ms Clay. Your report from September, which looked at the public’s attitude to protections, suggested that there was not a great appetite out there…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon. For the Committee’s benefit, will you set out which areas covered by the Bill will be considered to be within the competency of the Scottish Parliament? Angus…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes. I would just point out that we are pro democratic decision making in this country and we respect the outcome of the referendum. I wanted to ask specifically about some of…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one final question. Have your officials done an analysis and come up with a figure on the numbers of regulations covered by the Bill? Angus Robertson: We have begun to do…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think it would be helpful if there was some kind of protocol set out in the Bill to get legislative consent? Michael Clancy: It might be difficult to get a protocol into…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, Sir Stephen. My first question is quite overarching. The Bill is set up to remove EU law by omission, in essence, rather than by a positive decision to retain it;…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q That is fine. I will refer back to that. I seek some free legal advice in relation to subsections (3) and (4) of clause 7, which are about the criteria for departing from…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Yes. Tom Sharpe: Shall I kick off? I know that Martin has some fairly strong views on this. What the Department is trying to do here is to provide some illustrative guidance as to…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Are there adequate safeguards for scrutiny of the way in which this legislation will proceed? Sir Stephen Laws: The way in which it is scrutinised is a matter for Parliament to…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Morning, professors. My first question is for Professor Barnard. You have said in your written evidence that there is a serious risk of mistakes with the EU dashboard. Have…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Indeed. That seems a nice point to start. Could you set out your understanding of which employment laws will be covered by the Bill? Could you explain what some of the effects…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Following on from that, if the Government adopted the approach you are suggesting, how feasible would it be for there to be a considered and properly democratic approach to this…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Thank you for giving evidence today.08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q This is probably a question primarily for you, Mark. At the moment we are in a position where we know several thousand laws will be automatically sunsetted at the end of 2023.…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q I have one further question for Mark. There was correspondence between the previous Secretary of State—the right hon. Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg)—and the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)That is fine.08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (First sitting)I see that George Peretz has joined us. I do not know whether he wanted to respond to any of the questions first of all.08 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one supplementary question. You touched on this briefly. What impact will the Assembly not sitting have on the operation of the Bill? Dr Gravey: Again, there are two…08 Nov 2022