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Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:00 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Caroline Lucas Caroline Lucas Co-Leader of the Green Party 4:00, 8 February 2017

I certainly pay tribute to the role that Labour has played in those rights. Does the hon. Lady agree, though, that the EU does actually take us further in some respects—for example, on equal pay for work of equal value? Would she also agree that the real risk here is that when that EU legislation becomes UK domestic legislation, it can be unpicked through secondary legislation, and what we have heard is absolutely no reassurance on that?