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JUSTICE welcomes the considerable amendments made to the #REULBill in last night's debate in the @UKHouseofLords.
This critical stage included widely reported Govt concessions (to provide a list of what retained EU law is being repealed) but also three Govt defeats. (1/8)
This critical stage included widely reported Govt concessions (to provide a list of what retained EU law is being repealed) but also three Govt defeats. (1/8)
Of particular note are the amendments passed to Clauses 1 and 4, the "sunset clauses".
The amendments allow Parliament to scrutinise the revocation of retained EU law, rather than delegating the task to Government ministers and civil servants. (2/8)
The amendments allow Parliament to scrutinise the revocation of retained EU law, rather than delegating the task to Government ministers and civil servants. (2/8)
In passing these amendments, Peers have insisted that Parliament must not be side-lined: it is vital that there be appropriate scrutiny and oversight of such unprecedented legislative changes. (3/8)
Since it's obviously #REULDay, you probably need to check out the govt's own records on this
Mainly because they're less than ideal
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Mainly because they're less than ideal
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Since the middle of last year, the govt has been running a #REUL dashboard, notable mainly for the very infrequent updates it gets
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Regular readers will know I've been doing a monthly tracker here, with a full databook available to you good people
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A quick parsing of the #REULBill u-turn
tl;dr the ice feels a bit thin for No.10, compared to the post-Windsor glow
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tl;dr the ice feels a bit thin for No.10, compared to the post-Windsor glow
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You will recall that Windsor was notable as much for the lack of pushback by CON backbenchers as for its content
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At the time, I put this down more to a collective action problem than any substantive agreement over the Framework's content
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Press release on the changes to #REULBill
Welcome change, but still not the 'certainty' it seems
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Welcome change, but still not the 'certainty' it seems
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Original Bill defeat revoked any remaining EU law on statue books at end 2023, which was problematic
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Now govt is saying it'll only revoke a specified list at this date, which will avoid unintended gaps
But no word on everything else
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But no word on everything else
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Our final panel of the day is underway on #RetainedEULaw, investigating what it means, what its key provisions are, and how it might impact British law if it goes forward.
With @GeorgePeretzKC, @RuthFox01, @Zahra_AlRikabi, @JMPSimor, and Professor Alison Young
#EUlaw
With @GeorgePeretzKC, @RuthFox01, @Zahra_AlRikabi, @JMPSimor, and Professor Alison Young
#EUlaw
"Ministers have been given powers to replace #EUlaw - these powers are frankly astonishing. EU law goes through a #democraticprocess.
"The Bill hands ministers power to replace this law without any democratic process"
@JMPSimor, @matrixchambers on the deeply flawed #REULBill
"The Bill hands ministers power to replace this law without any democratic process"
@JMPSimor, @matrixchambers on the deeply flawed #REULBill
"The ability to preserve supremacy in Clause 9(1) of the #REULBill is proof that nobody knows what repealing supremacy will do"
@GeorgePeretzKC, @moncktonlaw on the lack of work done by the #Government on the potential impacts of the #REULBill
@GeorgePeretzKC, @moncktonlaw on the lack of work done by the #Government on the potential impacts of the #REULBill
It’s wild reading British news headlines from abroad. A govt not talking to crucial sectors on strike, people barely managing a cost of living crisis, Brexit costs unacknowledged, so too climate crisis, but govt wants to whip up fury about small boats & leave ECHR yet again.
These politically unstable years since the referendum have done a lot of damage - with Britain on one hand rightly damning violations of international law by states including Russia and China, but itself making wrecking ball threats which jeopardise & may weaken those same norms.
This “pick and mix” approach to law isn’t just reflected internationally, but also domestically. Tomorrow, as the Lords debate #REULBill, we have another example of a govt playing fast and loose with the frameworks and stability of law. It’s a dangerous game. With consequences.
"Ninety years on from the Enablement Act that gave rise to the most monstrous political movement in history, Britain is about to replicate the frightful final flourishes from the Nazi playbook on establishing a fascist authoritarian regime..."
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"Namely, rapidly restructuring the established systems of power and enabling the bypassing of Parliament."
"Over the last few years, the Ministry for Propaganda has preoccupied us with bewitching bulletins of prohibited parties, corrupt contracts and malign misrepresentations of our government’s intentions and actions..."
The #REULBill proposed by this Tory Govt today is an act of legislative vandalism.
Now we're in a battle to save our economic, environmental & public health standards from obliteration.
Here's why we must kill this Bill🧵
Now we're in a battle to save our economic, environmental & public health standards from obliteration.
Here's why we must kill this Bill🧵
MPs *still* haven't been told which specific laws are actually going to be slashed. The Govt's 'Retained EU Law dashboard' sets out a fraction of the laws in scope of the Bill, and it hasn't been updated in months. #REULBill
Ministers don't actually know what the costs & impacts of implementing the Bill will even be. We are being asked to grant Ministers vast powers, with no indication of the possible impact on businesses, the public & our environment. #REULBill
