Plans to burn EU laws have been derailed by claims that it will render British goods \u2018unsellable in Europe.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Brexit opportunities Minister Jacob Rees Mogg is said to have told cabinet that he plans to introduce a five-year expiry date for approximately 1,500 pieces of EU regulatory legislation, the Government has been developing plans to set an expiry date for remaining EU laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, lawyers and business groups have warned that any “one-size-fits-all” changes risk increasing business complexity and uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Eleonor Duhs, a lawyer who worked on the 2018 EU withdrawal act, a “self-imposed cliff-edge for retained EU law is a recipe for potential chaos.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This proposal has the potential to drive investment away from the UK at a time when we desperately need it,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) warned against “deregulation for the sake of deregulation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The BCC’s head of trade policy, William Bain, told the Independent that complicating the UK\/EU trading relationship could make British goods “unsellable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We should not complicate our trading relationship by diverging so far that UK goods and services are unsellable in Europe,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government intends to use the upcoming “Brexit freedoms” bill to repeal EU regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Times, this will be accomplished by enacting a “sunset clause.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will compel ministers to adhere to the remaining laws, amend them, or repeal them entirely by the end of the five-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Rees-Mogg is said to have told the cabinet earlier this month about his plan to make 1,500 pieces of EU legislation expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is intended to “force radical thinking” from government agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonathan Jones QC, the former Government’s legal chief who resigned in protest of the government’s Brexit policy, was harshly critical of the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Jones told the Independent that it was “potentially very dangerous,” because it would be difficult for parliament and other relevant industries to scrutinise one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: “Having sunset clauses in a blanket way for huge amounts of legislation is a very bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“To change swathes of the law automatically is a recipe for uncertainty for businesses and consumers and everyone else.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Plans to burn EU laws have been derailed by claims that it will render British goods \u2018unsellable in Europe.\u2019 As Brexit opportunities Minister Jacob Rees Mogg is said to have … <\/p>\n