MPs call for new committee to review transfer of EU law into UK

The British House of Commons’ procedure committee today called for a new committee to review EU legislation transferred into U.K. law, saying the current proposal for parliamentary scrutiny was “inadequate.”

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The British House of Commons’ procedure committee today called for a new committee to review EU legislation transferred into U.K. law, saying the current proposal for parliamentary scrutiny was "inadequate.”

The procedure committee, which makes recommendations for how business should be conducted in the House of Commons, said there should be a new "sifting committee” to decide which legislation under the EU (Withdrawal) Bill needs further evaluation by MPs.

The government wanted to allow ministers to decide which aspects of EU law would be scrutinized by MPs as it is transferred back into U.K. law.

"The process of enacting over four decades’ worth of European legislation into U.K. domestic law, in little more than 12 months,” is one of the greatest legislative challenges the British parliament has faced, said Charles Walker, chair of the procedure committee, in a statement.

"The government’s current proposals for parliamentary scrutiny do not go far enough.”

The procedure committee said it conducted an inquiry which revealed "cross-party concerns about the government’s decision to propose no change to the present arrangements for scrutiny of delegated legislation in the Commons,” and to leave the choice of what should be debated up to ministers.

The proposed sifting committee would have the power to recommend the withdrawal or redrafting of statutory instruments, which allow acts of parliament to be brought into force or altered without parliament having to pass a new act.