Tory Lord SHAMES peers for shock new attempt to thwart Brexit with Repeal Bill block

Lord Flight slammed a group of peers for criticising the
Repeal Bill that would see EU legislation transposed
into UK law after Brexit.
Dismissing claims the bill would give ministers
"excessive power", he told RT UK : "There’s a lot of
Henry VIII powers which give ministers absolute
powers. The only point in the other direction is that
we’ve been living with this stuff as EU rules forced on
us anyway without particularly complaining about it.
"It’s quite ironic that apparently, it’s ok to all be put
through without any parliamentary debate when it was
EU rules but when it comes to using our own
legislature we expect to abide by our own standards."
The Repeal Bill would transpose EU law into UK
legislation
The Repeal Bill is a form of primary legislation that
would give UK ministers delegated powers to draft
orders and regulations – also known as secondary
regulation.
The report sets out proposals that would give
committees in the Commons and Lords the ability to
overturn minister's proposals and require parliamentary
scrutiny of the regulation.
Peers claimed the European Union (Withdrawal)
Bill would enable ministers to change primary
legislation without further checks from the Parliament.
Early reports suggested Labour and Liberal Democrats
would try to dismantle Theresa May's Brexit plans by
blocking new laws in the Lords.
The Repeal Bill has been touted as the key to freedom
from Brussels, but may actually betray Eurosceptics
as it does not include an exit date.
Throughout the 66-page document, the end date is
only referred to as “exit day” - despite being
mentioned 128 times.
And not once is the date March 29, 2019 - widely
acknowledged as the end of the two-year Article 50
process and the day on which Britain leaves the EU -
set down in writing.
The omission seems to have raised eyebrows in
Westminster, with Brexiteers worried it could be a
mechanism to delay Brexit while others are concerned
the lack of date could give the Government too much
power.
Many have accused the government of a power grab
by omitting the date, as if the bill is passed in its
current form it will be up to the government to decide
when EU law ceases to apply in Britain.
A statement from the House of Lords select
committee on the constitution said: “We are
concerned that the power to define ‘exit day’ — a
matter that is pivotal to the operation of the bill — is
unduly broad in its scope and flexibility, and that it is
not subject to any parliamentary scrutiny procedure.”

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