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Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

I am sure that my hon. Friend will remember being on the Back Benches and sitting in statutory instrument Committees in which we had no ability whatsoever to change the legislation going through, because it was driven by the European Union. This is about taking back control by giving democratic authority to this place. Furthermore, on things such as maternity leave, minimum wage, annual leave, product safety and international regulations we are already doing better

than the EU minimum standards. This Government will promise to keep those standards and, in many cases, increase them.