Draft Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023
Debate between Michael Fabricant and Gareth Thomas
Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Gareth Thomas
That bit hurt, but we have got to get over it. I am genuinely grateful to have the opportunity to discuss the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023. I confess I initially struggled to find the controversy in this statutory instrument, as it seems to be exclusively concerned with replacing slightly outdated legal phrasing for 107 pieces of primary legislation. From what I understand, all this statutory instrument actually does is bring into effect the use of the phrase “assimilated law” instead of the phrase “retained EU law”.
Michael Fabricant
On a point of order, Ms Vaz. Is repetition in order? The hon. Gentleman is just repeating what I said.