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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe will keep the dashboard updated as work progresses. As the noble Lord knows, we had this debate in the first grouping on workers’ rights. We are proud of our record and have…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sorry if the noble Baroness believes that. We have debated the principle of the sunset. I accept that she presumably has a different position from mine, but I have stated the…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her suggestion of doing some breathing exercises. I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, if I was maybe a bit short, but I was seeking to…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords—02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is a long-established principle that removing and reforming unnecessary and outdated regulation will help the economy to grow. I certainly believe that; the noble Lord might…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe discussed consumer protections in an earlier group. The noble Baroness may have made the same points then. I do not see the point of repeating the same arguments yet again. If…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe process is finally complete.02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI know that many noble Lords want to make the point that, somehow, major pieces of retained EU law will suddenly just accidentally disappear from the statute book. We have…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI do not agree with the noble Lord’s characterisation. If they wish, it is perfectly possible for them, before the sunset date, to renew that legislation. The extension mechanism…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will take the intervention from the noble Lord, Lord Beith.02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am not going to give an absolute commitment, but I will talk to the lawyers. On the famous letter from my noble friend Lady Bloomfield, I actually pushed officials to try to…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf the noble Baroness has some patience, I will come on to those amendments shortly. Turning to Amendments 51, 54, 57 and 58, the power exercisable under Clause 2 will allow…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI made the point earlier that, when departments are reviewing their legislation and any modifications they might need to make to statutory instruments, they will of course want to…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThat is fair enough; it was a slightly gratuitous point. I actually agree with the noble Baroness—we want the law to be as clear and accessible as possible. That is why we do not…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI do not think he said that; he said that there has to be an end to EU supremacy in UK law. While we are all swapping letters, perhaps the Labour Party might want to write us a…02 Mar 2023