Rishi Sunak pushes ahead with bid to scrap EU laws by the end of this year
Daily MailRishi Sunak today pushed ahead with Government plans to scrap EU laws by the end of this year. Under the Retained EU Law Bill, the Government has committed to reviewing all remaining Brussels regulation by the end of this year. The Prime Minister has said plans to remove 'burdensome' Brussels regulation will help boost economic growth in Britain and 'build a better future across the country' Under the Retained EU Law Bill, the Government has committed to reviewing all remaining Brussels regulation by the end of this year An ongoing Government review has found thousands of pieces of retained EU legislation across Whitehall departments As MPs began to debate the bill's remaining stages in the Commons this afternoon, business minister Nusrat Ghani insisted that 'considerable work' had already taken place on the review of Brussels legislation for more than 18 months. Senior Tory Brexiteer Sir Bill Cash also spoke in support of the bill and told MPs that retained EU law was a 'massive ball and chain' for Britain that needed to be removed. Tory former Cabinet ministers David Davis and Robert Buckland are backing a bid to give the House of Commons greater oversight over which EU laws are scrapped A group of MPs - including senior Tories - are Former Brexit secretary David Davis, ex-justice secretary Robert Buckland, and Sir Bob Neill, the chair of the Commons' justice committee, are all backing an amendment tabled by Labour's Stella Creasy.
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