The ping-pong match is finally over: Michael Zander KC reports on the final stages of the Retained EU Law Bill
- After much to-ing and fro-ing in Parliament, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill finally received royal assent on 29 June 2023.
- Amendments by the House of Lords which were rejected by the House of Commons included assurances that there would be no slippage in environmental protection.
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill received royal assent on 29 June 2023. The final exchanges (‘ping-pong’) had no less than six iterations. The amendments passed by the Lords at the report stage were considered by the Commons on 24 May. The Bill went back to the Lords on 6 June, back to the Commons on 12 June, back to the Lords on 20 June, back to the Commons on 21 June and, finally, back to the Lords on 26 June.
Sunset schedule
During the report stage in the Lords, the government had abandoned the much-criticised sunsetting of the 5,000 or
