All 1 Debates between Lord Davies of Brixton and Lord Hamilton of Epsom

Thu 23rd Feb 2023

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Debate between Lord Davies of Brixton and Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Lord Davies of Brixton Portrait Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab)
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My Lords, I was unable to be present at the Second Reading of this Bill because I was at the fourth day of the Committee stage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. There is an interaction between that Bill and this Bill, which we can discuss in more detail when we get to the Government’s Amendment 45. But, in the context of this debate and the suggestion made by the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, that the sunset clause is essential, he should read the justification for the Government’s Amendment 45. It says:

“This new clause contains new exceptions to the clause 1 sunset”.


So even the Government do not believe that the sunset clause is essential; there are groups or parts of European legislation without the sunset clause and so, if special rules can be made for financial services, why does he think that we cannot have special rules for other areas of legislation?

Lord Hamilton of Epsom Portrait Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)
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I am very grateful to the noble Lord for letting me in. Does he not accept, though, that, when this Bill was printed with the sunset clauses in it, that was the only point at which all this legislation started to appear? They had done nothing up until that time to actually dig it out.