Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 May 2023, HCWS764, on Regulatory Reform Update, if she will publish the advice her Department has received on the risks of legal uncertainty posed by sunsetting instruments made under EU law.

Amendments to the Bill have been laid at the Lords Report stage that will amend the operation of the sunset by introducing a schedule of legislation to be revoked. This Schedule should provide increased legal certainty and clarity for all stakeholders on retained EU law that will be revoked by 31 December 2023. These amendments were further debated during Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments on 24 May and remain part of the Bill.