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Written question asked by Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) on Tuesday, 18 July 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 July 2017. It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 July 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts in the remit of his Department that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.

Answer

Government Departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This work is ongoing and is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts.

In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill, Legislating for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, published on 30 March 2017, we estimated that around 800-1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5712
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Ministry of Defence Brexit
Legislation
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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