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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)If I can make a bit of progress, I will give way later. The power will enable the Government to clarify, consolidate, codify and restate REUL to preserve the effect of the current…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)There is too high a bar for UK courts to depart from retained case law, including judgments made and influenced by EU courts, so I rise to resist amendments 38 to 42 and 44 to 47.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Member for Walthamstow was inaccurate. Hansard will show that I did mention Northern Ireland; I made that clear. An amendment that we will consider later today will allow…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is curious that Opposition Members say they do not want to prevent Brexit or accept the supremacy of EU law, but then they come up with every which way to stop these things…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)As I just said, the structure of the Law Officers’ powers is consistent with the established position of the Lord Advocate within the Scottish Government, as in other contexts the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)The preservation and restatement powers in the Bill or other existing domestic powers, such as section 8C of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act, will ensure that retained EU law…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Gentleman asked about assessment. The REUL reform programme has been under way for more than a year. Departments have been engaged as to the effect of removing EU law…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg that the Committee rejects amendment 84 and does not press new clause 9 or amendment 87. It may surprise the Committee that English is not my first language—I was not born…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)The Government recognise the importance of ensuring legislation undergoes appropriate scrutiny and consultation, and I will set that out shortly. However, I ask that hon. Members…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I hope I am not failing to understand the question. As I mentioned, each of the REUL Bills is assigned to a Department, and it will be for the Ministers responsible for the REUL…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Our objective is not to remove power from Parliament. Our objective is to ensure that amendments or revocations made to subordinate legislation made under other existing powers…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I therefore ask the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston to withdraw his amendment.24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Member is not being wholly honest. The level of scrutiny of any piece of legislation, not only in Committee but on the Floor of this House and the Floor of the other…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I ask hon. Members to reject the amendment. Unless I was in a different Committee Room, or on a different planet, I think Opposition Members have had every opportunity to raise…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I ask hon. Members to reject the amendment. Clause 10 ensures that appropriate parliamentary scrutiny is applied to the use of existing delegated powers when they are used to…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I recognise that none of that was directed at me personally, but rather collectively at all Ministers. I beg hon. Members to reject the amendment. The Government recognise the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a privilege to spend the afternoon with you in the Chair again, Sir George. In certain areas of legislation, for example on data protection, it is likely necessary to…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)The Government have already committed to ensuring that the necessary legislation is in place to uphold the UK’s international obligations, including the Northern Ireland protocol.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I will be brief. Conservative colleagues will be keen to know that we are accepting amendments 5 and 6, which will remove references to a “devolved law officer” and replace them…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 7, page 9, leave out lines 5 and 6 and insert— “(2) The following are entitled to notice of the proceedings— (a) each UK law officer; (b) the…24 Nov 2022