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Written question asked by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 January 2018. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Friday, 12 January 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.


Treasury: EU Law

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.

Answer

The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in this process.

As we leave the EU, the Government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes. Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
121055
Session
2017-19
Subjects
EU law Treasury Brexit
Link
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