Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans she has to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 1998.
The department is responsible for a very small number of pieces of Retained EU Law (REUL) and is working closely with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to support the passage through Parliament of the REUL (Revocation and Reform) Bill and the associated BEIS-led programme of REUL repeal and reform.
The department is in the process of analysing and assessing what should be preserved as part of domestic law, and what should be repealed or amended. In doing so we will ensure that children continue to be safeguarded in employment.