Legislating for UK Withdrawal from the EU

Nick Smith Excerpts

Thursday 30th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davis]

As the hon. Lady will have seen, there is an entire section on overseas territories and the like. My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State has been engaging in continuous discussion with Gibraltar about these matters, and we will seek to defend its interests as best we can.

[Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)]

Will the Secretary of State be clearer, please? How many EU laws will become UK laws? I think he has denied that it could be up to 1,000, so what is his best estimate?

[Mr Davis]

Well, all the EU laws will become UK laws as a result of the Bill. There will be subsequent changes—presumably through primary legislation—in, for example, immigration law.

[Nick Smith]

Combien?

[Mr Davis]

The hon. Gentleman shouts out, in French, “How many?” I am not going to try and give him a sort of “never mind the quality, feel the width” answer. The simple truth is that all EU law will move into UK law.