Wales Office: EU Law

Wales Office written question – answered at on 17 October 2017.

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Photo of Frank Field Frank Field Chair, Work and Pensions Committee, Chair, Work and Pensions Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's estimate is of the amount of EU legislation and regulation that can be incorporated into UK law without amendment.

Photo of Alun Cairns Alun Cairns The Secretary of State for Wales

The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.

The Government is making a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately on exit day. The Department for Exiting the European Union are working closely with departments across Government to ensure we make the changes required to deliver a functioning statute book on exit in the most efficient manner possible.

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