Lords Constitution Committee warning over extensive transfer of legal powers to deliver Brexit, as Commons debates EU (Withdrawal) Bill

Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:12

The House of Lords Constitution Committee will publish a report at 00:01 on Thursday 7 September ahead of the second reading of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill in the House of Commons. This report follows the Committee’s previous report which considered how to limit the significant constitutional risks of granting wide powers to the Government for the purpose of converting EU law into UK law. This report examines the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and considers the extent to which the Government has acted...Request free trial