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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central is absolutely right. This is not about whether Brexit has happened. We all know that Brexit has happened. We have left the European…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)Does my hon. Friend recognise that the Minister did not utter the words “Northern Ireland”, and did not at all address the question of how supremacy will be resolved in Northern…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)The Government might not listen to Opposition Members, but they might listen to the Office for Environmental Protection, which, after all, they set up. It said: “In making it…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)Obviously the Bill also enshrines the idea that protections can only be watered down, because it says that nothing can be brought in that increases burdens. Of course, courts are…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)It would be incredibly helpful if the Minister could clarify what she said about bespoke arrangements for Northern Ireland. Under article 2 of the protocol we have an obligation…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Member is making a fair point. The people of Northern Ireland deserve some clarity because, if the Bill takes away the supremacy of EU law, as we discussed earlier, but…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Whoever is in it at any point—this week, next week, come what may. The point is that parliamentary scrutiny is not a bad thing. Those of us who are democrats think it is quite a…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Apologies, Sir George, I was waiting for an affirmative action—in the same way I am waiting for an affirmative version of scrutiny from this legislation. I rise to support…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend has alighted on the fundamental challenge here. Obviously, it is a case of Council of Ministers—bad; individual Minister—no problem whatever. That seems to be what…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that it is quite worrying that the Minister is conflating scrutiny of the Bill, and Opposition Members raising concerns about the process set out in it,…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I have a horrible feeling that it is because of something I am about to say. I rise to support amendment 82. To go back to the theme of this afternoon, if we are taking back…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Ronseal, that’s it; I am showing my age. This should be a Ronseal moment—it does what it says on the tin. I have a horrible feeling that the Minister will reject the amendment. I…24 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)We come to the rub of the matter. When Brexit happened, we were told that we wanted to make our own laws. Any of us who were concerned that that might lead to a reduction in…24 Nov 2022HANSARDHotel Asylum Accommodation: Local Authority ConsultationIt is nearly a week since I raised a point of order with you, Madam Deputy Speaker, about press reports over the private contractor charged with running a hotel for asylum seekers…23 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)We come to a list of things that surely leads Members of different parties to think, “Of course we’re going to retain these pieces of legislation. Why even give it a second…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Further to that point of order, Sir George. I merely rise to clarify that if somebody had a twinkle in their eye, I would consider that to be laughing. It might not have been…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Does my hon. Friend think this is also a live issue for current DEFRA Ministers? In the Delegated Legislation Committee yesterday on the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment)…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)If we cannot play a game of “Guess Who?” as to who will then be responsible for the implementation of this legislation if it is passed, let me ask this. The Minister wrote to us…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I can see the hon. Lady shaking her head—I am sure everyone can—but that is exactly what the legislation does. It is important to our constituents that we either do not deny that…22 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Sir George, as indeed I believe it will be throughout the Bill Committee. I am sure that we will have a wonderful…22 Nov 2022