Retained EU Law Bill aims to scrub EU-derived laws still in force in the UK by end of the year.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday told his most senior ministers that work to scrub EU regulations still on the U.K. statute books should be a "collective effort" — as he again resisted pressure to push back a crucial deadline to do so.
The Retained EU Law Bill — which orders all government departments to either repeal or reform all EU-derived law still in force by the end of this year — has come under mounting criticism in recent weeks, amid fears the deadline is unachievable and could cause gaps in a host of key legislative areas.
As the bill heads for fresh parliamentary scrutiny, senior Conservative MPs David Davis, Robert Buckland and Bob Neill are among rebels backing a move by the opposition Labour Party to give parliament more oversight of the process.
But the U.K. government is sticking with an end of year deadline for the exercise, Sunak's official spokesman told reporters at a regular briefing Wednesday..
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