Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

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- Introduction
- Bill overview, LCM, and Scottish Government debate
- Sunsetting retained EU law
  - Practical challenges posed by a "legal cliff-edge"
    
    Identifying REUL
    
    Reviewing REUL
    
    Stakeholder engagement
    
    Government and parliamentary resources
    
    Risks to standards and protections
  - Alternative approaches to reviewing REUL
- Impact of the Bill on the regulatory environment
  - Regulatory trajectory
  - Regulatory divergence
    
    UK-EU
    
    UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
    
    Scotland-EU
    
    Scotland-rUK
    
    Impact of the UK Internal Market Act on the future of REUL
    
    Managing divergence
- Sewel Convention
- Delegated powers
  - Scope
  - Consent to the use of powers by UK Ministers in devolved areas
- Interpretative provisions
  - Removal of supremacy and general principles of EU law
  - Role of UK Courts
    
    The proper development of domestic law
- Conclusion
- Annexe A - Delegated powers: DPLR Committee’s findings and correspondence
- Annexe B - Minutes
- Annexe C - Evidence
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