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Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: exit day
This briefing paper addresses the domestic legal concept of exit day, as defined by the provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill) as introduced. The paper also addresses some of the amendments tabled relating to exit day, including those tabled by the Government and Sir Oliver Letwin. The paper has been prepared for day 8 of the Committee Stage of the EUW Bill in the House of Commons, scheduled to take place on 20 December.
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Research Briefing
EU (Withdrawal) Bill: clauses 9, 8 and 17
This Commons Library briefing paper has been prepared for day 7 of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in the House of Commons, scheduled for Wednesday 13 December 2017.
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Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: clause 7 “the correcting power”
This briefing paper covers clause 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill), described by David Davis MP, the Secretary State for Exiting the European Union, as the “so-called correcting power”. The paper has been prepared for day 6, scheduled to take place on 12 December, of the Committee Stage of the EUW Bill in the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
EU (Withdrawal) Bill: the Charter, general principles of EU law, and ‘Francovich’ damages
This Commons Library briefing paper has been prepared for day 3 of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the EUW Bill) in the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Retained EU law
This briefing paper has been prepared for day 2, scheduled to take place on 15 November, of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill) in the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Supremacy and the Court of Justice
This Commons Library briefing paper has been prepared for days 1 and 3 of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill) in the House of Commons. It addresses clauses 5 and 6 of the Bill which together provide instructions to the courts on the status and interpretation of retained EU law (the new category of law which clauses 2, 3 and 4 of the EUW Bill would create).
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Research Briefing
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the EUW Bill) was published on 13 July 2017.
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Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: constitutional change and legal continuity
Nine months after Theresa May first announced that there would be a ‘Great Repeal Bill’, and three and a half months after triggering Article 50, the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill) was published on 13 July 2017. The Bill is a complex mixture of constitutional change and legal continuity. This post highlights some of
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Research Briefing
Key Issues 2017
Key Issues 2017 is a series of short briefings on the topics that will take centre stage in UK and international politics in the new Parliament. Written by impartial Commons Library specialists, these articles are designed to help the reader get up to speed quickly on issues such as; Brexit, the housing crisis, the future of devolution and much more.
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The Great Repeal Bill
Leaving the EU will require major changes to the UK’s constitutional framework and to the statute book. At the same time, repealing all EU law on the day of exit would leave “black holes” in the law governing how we live and work. The ‘Great Repeal Bill’, which had been expected early in the 2017/18
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Research Briefing
Inquests and public inquiries
This Commons Library briefing paper sets out information about public inquiries, and coroners’ investigations and inquests, and when one type of investigation might be held rather than the other.
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Research Briefing
Legislating for Brexit: the Great Repeal Bill
The UK Government triggered Article 50 on 29 March 2017, beginning the formal process of negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU will require major changes to the statute book and to the UK’s constitutional framework.
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