Exiting the EU and Workers’ Rights Debate
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Lady Hermon
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(7 years, 6 months ago)
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Greg Clark
I will look at those judgments, but the hon. Gentleman establishes the point that the House is more than capable of setting high standards of protection, as it has done for many centuries.
Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind)
The Secretary of State will know that the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice established the principle of direct effect for various provisions of EU treaties and directives, meaning that they require no implementation at all by the Government. Will he confirm that, even with the great repeal Bill, those rights that are directly effective, and on which workers can rely, will remain post-Brexit?
Greg Clark
Yes, the intention is that all workers’ rights that derive from the EU will be brought into British law.