Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether there are any circumstances, as part of the negotiations for the UK’s exit from the EU, whereby a new treaty would have to be signed; and what implications this would have on the expected introduction of a bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972.

The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK.

Under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, the arrangements relating to the UK’s withdrawal are to be made between the UK and the EU in a withdrawal treaty. Our efforts will be focused on getting the best deal possible for the UK in the negotiations with the EU. The Government will observe the constitutional and legal precedents that apply to the deal that we will negotiate with the EU.