| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: Parliament |
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| Publisher | United Kingdom: Parliament |
| Publication Date | 07/09/2017 |
| Content Type | Key Source, Policy-making, Report |
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Background The programme was dominated by proposed legislation dealing with the United Kingdom's planned leaving of the European Union. Eight of the twenty seven bills to be introduced were connected with Brexit. + European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (introduced on the 13 July 2017) Even though the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill was introduced in July 2017 parliamentary scrutiny in practice only began in the autumn of 2017 after the summer break. Opposition parties, human rights groups and the leaders of Scotland and Wales criticised aspects of the bill and suggested they would call for substantive amendments. During the Committee Stage of the Bill in November and December 2017 the House of Commons Library produced a series of Research Briefings on aspects / articles of the Bll: + The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Clause 7 'the correcting power' Linked politically but separately the UK Government had announced on the 13 November 2017 a new Bill to enshrine the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU in domestic law. The Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill would give legal standing to separation from the EU. It would confirm that the major policies set out in the Withdrawal Agreement would be directly implemented into domestic law by primary legislation – not by secondary legislation under the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. This would allow for Parliamentary scrutiny and oversight of the process.This ESO records traces the progress of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-2019 through the House of Commons and House of Lords. + 1st Reading: 13 July 2017 Note that initially, and sometimes still informally, the Bill was called the Repeal Bill or Great Repeal Bill. |
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| Source Link | http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html |
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| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
