Brexit Freedoms Bill: Government aims to scrap rights and standards en masse

Responding to the announcement of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 (announced as the ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’) which the UK Government claims will scrap all remaining EU laws by December 2023, MP for Brighton Pavilion and UK Trade and Business Commissioner Caroline Lucas said:

“At first glance, this Bill will empower Ministers to scrap and weaken rights, standards and environmental protections en masse and unchallenged, while also undermining devolution and international agreements.

“In the absence of any impact assessments or rationale for their arbitrary date, this represents a very serious and worrying move by a government whose only talent is vandalism.”