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The UK government today published a White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill, which will convert the EU law into British law to give businesses, workers and consumers certainty after Britain leaves the economic bloc.
Britain’s Minister for exiting the European Union, David Davis, tells the House of Commons that the bill will provide clarity and certainty on the country’s plans, a day after Prime Minister Theresa May formally invoked Article 50 to begin the countdown to Britain’s exit from the economic bloc.
Workers rights, environmental protection and consumer rights currently enshrined in EU laws would continue as before when Britain left. But the UK Parliament, and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, would then be able to amend or scrap these laws without EU consent.
Davis, who will be Britain’s chief negotiator in Brussels during the two-year negotiation process, said the rights of British expats would be the first priority in Brexit talks.
The Great Repeal Bill is a crucial aspect of Brexit and will go through the parliamentary process as negotiations begin.