Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) EU institutions on the rate of VAT on energy-saving materials.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Secretary of State regularly meets members of the Cabinet and the EU institutions to discuss a wide range of policy issues.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans the Government has to include provision in the planned Great Repeal Bill to transpose the EU precautionary principle into UK law.
Answered by Robin Walker
The precautionary principle has had an important influence on the drafting of EU environmental legislation, which will be incorporated into domestic law through the Great Repeal Bill. The Great Repeal Bill will ensure that the whole body of existing EU environmental legislation continues to have effect in UK law.
As set out in the white paper, Great Repeal Bill will ensure that, wherever practical and appropriate, the same rules and laws apply on the day after we leave the EU as they did before. This means that the Bill will convert directly-applicable EU law into UK law; it will preserve all the laws we have made in the UK to implement our EU obligations, as well as the rights in the EU treaties that can be relied on directly in court by an individual.
This legislation is the first step in the Prime Minister’s Plan for Britain. It will allow for a smooth and orderly exit and provide a functioning statute book at the point we leave the EU.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 2.11, page 15 of the White Paper, Legislating for the United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the European Union, what the rights are in the EU treaties that can be relied on directly in court by an individual that will continue to be available under UK law after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Great Repeal Bill will ensure that there is maximum possible certainty as to the rights and obligations in our law upon leaving the EU. And it will allow for a smooth and orderly exit that provides a secure basis for future changes to our domestic law.
The Bill will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws apply on the day after we leave the EU as they did before. Where rights in the EU treaties can be relied on directly in court by an individual, those rights will continue to be available in UK law under the Great Repeal Bill.