Background briefing on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21

Friday, 11 September 2020 17:51

The House of Commons Library has published a briefing on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21. The second reading of the bill will take place on Monday 14 September. With the end of the transition period, the UK will leave the EU single market. The EU legal underpinnings for free trade in goods and services between the UK's four nations will fall away. To prevent new barriers to intra-UK trade, the Government has proposed a new legal framework in the bill. The briefing breaks...Request free trial