The GRB has been published. It had its first reading in
Parliament yesterday (13 July 2017), with David Davis, the SSExEU,
describing it as:
'one of the most significant pieces of legislation that has
ever passed through Parliament and a major milestone in the process
of our withdrawal from the European Union'.
In the weeks ahead, we'll be looking at the provisions in
detail but let's start with an overview. You can also watch our
David Mundy discussing the Bill on
BBC News.
First, the title. We realised it wouldn't be called the
Great Repeal Bill some time ago, given parliamentary rules
preventing legislation from having 'propagandist' titles.
The formal title, the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill reflects the
fact that although the UK will withdraw from the EU by means of a
ratified Treaty, the Government also needs (because the UK is a
'dualist' state) to apply that change domestically. This
blog (which won't be changing its name) will from now on
