UK plans for ‘sunsetting’ EU laws post-Brexit ‘not fit for purpose’
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#663JD)
Independent assessor deeply critical of proposals to discard up to 4,000 pieces of EU-derived legislation
The plans for discarding EU-derived laws following Brexit have been called not fit for purpose" by the government's own independent assessor.
Under new legislation that was the brain-child of the former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, thousands of laws copied from the EU to Britain's statute book will be sunsetted" by the end of next year if they are not each signed off by ministers to be kept.
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