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31 March 2023 / Michael Zander KC
Issue: 8019 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , EU , Brexit
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Taking back control over retained EU law (Pt 4)

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Opposition on all sides: Michael Zander KC reports on the House of Lords Committee stage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
  • The House of Lords Committee stage on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill saw multiple peers on all sides highlighting their concerns, with the majority of objections aimed at clause 1 of the Bill.

The House of Lords Committee stage on this much-criticised Bill took no less than 29 hours spread over five days. Well over 100 amendments were moved. After being debated, each amendment was withdrawn by its proposer. Not one was put to a vote. Voting to challenge the provisions of the Bill will take place when it returns for the report stage—likely to be sometime in the second half of April, after the Easter recess.

There was virtually no support for the Bill, even from Conservative peers. Lord Cormack called it ‘a lousy Bill’. Lord (Kenneth) Clarke was one of several peers who urged that it be withdrawn. The government no doubt expects that

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