Nicola Sturgeon ridiculed by Theresa May’s team as she demands to keep 111 EU rules

Ms Sturgeon and Labour's Carwyn Jones, her Welsh
counterpart, wrote to Mrs May demanding 38
amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill in return for
recommending their parliaments give the thumbs up to
the new law.
They want all 111 EU laws and regulations which
involve devolved powers - originally created by the UK
Government - to be handed directly to parliaments in
Cardiff and Edinburgh.
But the Prime Minister’s deputy Damian Green hit out
at the Scottish First Minister, saying they would end
up “doing things four different ways” in the UK’s four
nations - increasing costs for consumers, companies
and workers.
Although some powers from Brussels would be
devolved the Government would “do nothing that risks
undermining the benefits” the the UK’s own market, he
warned.
Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones met to discuss the
Brexit Bill
Theresa May is currently in Canada thrashing out a
free trade deal
The Government gave a number of examples from Ms
Sturgeon’s lengthy list of EU rules she wants to keep
for Scotland, including food labelling, pesticides and
infectious disease control in animals.
Mr Green said: "The important thing now is to work
our way through these lists and find the areas where
we will need to maintain a common UK or GB
approach, as well as those areas where it will make
sense to transfer powers direct to the devolved
governments.”
He added the UK Government would “not risk our
internal UK market, or make life more difficult or more
expensive for UK companies, workers or consumers".
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Jackson Carlaw, the Scottish Tories' deputy leader,
said: "Unfortunately, the SNP's record on Brexit over
the last year has been to sow division and use it to
push for a second referendum. We genuinely hope
there is now an opportunity for a fresh start."
Ms Sturgeon and Mr Jones claimed they should be
allowed the same “Henry VIII” powers as UK ministers
so Scottish and Welsh laws can be changed without
parliament’s full approval.
In the letter, they also demanded UK ministers needed
to get consent on “necessary changes” to EU law in
devolved areas after Brexit.

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