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UK to scrap the EU laws.


A plan by ministers to review or repeal all EU laws on the UK statute book by the end of 2023 has been hit by a fresh setback after discovering 1,400 additional pieces of legislation. Rishi Sunak has started backing away from his ambitious proposals to scrub Britain’s statute book of unwanted EU laws by abandoning his promise to complete the exercise within 100 days. Now ministers, in conjunction with the National Archives, have discovered the enormous bureaucratic task has got even more significant and that instead of 2,400 EU laws to review or repeal, officials may have to trawl through 3,800. The new business secretary, Grant Shapps, is said by allies to be keen to slow down the review of EU laws after being warned that hundreds of extra staff across Whitehall would be needed to complete the task.

The business department declined to say whether it was still wedded to completing the task by the end of next year. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, had promoted a retained EU law bill as flagship legislation to maximise what he said were the «opportunities of Brexit». Rees-Mogg’s legislation aimed to complete the review of 2,400 pieces of retained EU law by the end of 2023. However, they have not yet been verified by the government.

«It doesn’t surprise me that more legislation has been found,» she added. Sunak’s spokeswoman declined to say whether it might be amended, adding the government was proceeding with the bill. The business department said it was committed to «taking full advantage of the benefits of Brexit». Reviewing EU laws was «an essential exercise in accelerating regulatory reform and reclaiming the UK statute book», it added.

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  1. Martin8 November 2022 at 10:28

    Reviewing so many laws will take years and shouldn't be done in a hurry. Mistakes will surely happen if they hurry this along. They should plan for reviewing 500-1000 laws yearly and see what's good and what's not for the UK. Anything more and they are just asking for trouble.

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