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EU Withdrawal Act and Common Frameworks

The Cabinet Office and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities are managing Common Frameworks under the EU Withdrawal Act to determine how UK policy aligns with EU rules post-Brexit and establish scrutiny mechanisms for regulatory alignment decisions. The issue centres on democratic accountability and whether Parliament has adequate oversight of government decisions to align with new EU laws.

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4 Mar 2026 | Committee report linked

In particular, we ask the Government to provide further clarity regarding the specific exemptions it will demand with respect to animal welfare, genomic techniques and pesticides at the earliest opportunity, recognising the significant benefits of UK regulatory autonomy in these areas. (Recommendation, Paragraph 73)

In particular, we ask the Government to provide further clarity regarding the specific exemptions it will demand with respect to animal welfare, genomic techniques and pesticides at the earliest opportunity, recognising the significant benefits of UK regulatory autonomy in these …

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4 Mar 2026 | Committee report linked

There is a lack of clarity about the extent to which relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union will be binding on the UK under any new Agreements based on dynamic alignment. (Conclusion, Paragraph 87)

There is a lack of clarity about the extent to which relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union will be binding on the UK under any new Agreements based on dynamic alignment. (Conclusion, Paragraph 87) …

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4 Mar 2026 | Committee report linked

The closer relationship with the EU and the accelerating trend towards UK regulatory alignment with the EU does, however, raise important questions about the need for parliamentary scrutiny of EU matters within the House of Commons. In particular, under the envisaged agreements based on dynamic alignment the UK Parliament will, in effect, be asked to outsource more of its legislative autonomy to another jurisdiction while such treaties are in place (on top of the requirement to align with EU ...

The closer relationship with the EU and the accelerating trend towards UK regulatory alignment with the EU does, however, raise important questions about the need for parliamentary scrutiny of EU matters within the House of Commons. In particular, under the …

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4 Mar 2026 | Committee report linked

Even so, the UK has only limited scope to influence new EU laws with which it is or will be aligning. To ensure a degree of democratic legitimacy and accountability in relation to regulatory alignment with the European Union, it is necessary that the House of Commons should have appropriate mechanisms in place to scrutinise EU laws of relevance to the UK. These should also enable the House to act on any concerns with the relevant Government Department and coordinate input, as required, into t...

Even so, the UK has only limited scope to influence new EU laws with which it is or will be aligning. To ensure a degree of democratic legitimacy and accountability in relation to regulatory alignment with the European Union, it …

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4 Mar 2026 | Committee report linked

It is not clear to us that expecting Departmental Select Committees to fulfil this task would be workable, and nor can they provide the House with a cross-cutting overview of how alignment with EU rules, and limitations on the UK’s regulatory autonomy, are developing across different areas of policy. We do not consider that the scrutiny mechanisms that exist in the House of Lords, valuable as they are, can substitute for scrutiny of EU matters, and Ministers’ decisions on alignment, by the de...

It is not clear to us that expecting Departmental Select Committees to fulfil this task would be workable, and nor can they provide the House with a cross-cutting overview of how alignment with EU rules, and limitations on the UK’s …

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4 Mar 2026 | Committee report linked

Similarly, we ask it to clarify if its recent assertion that “no new [EU] rules will apply in the UK without the UK first agreeing to this” means that the Government will have to consent to the UK aligning with relevant new EU laws under these future agreements on a case-by-case basis; or whether ‘agreeing’ in this context was intended as a reference to the UK ratifying treaties with the EU requiring it to align automatically with all its rules on an on-going basis unless an exemption applies...

Similarly, we ask it to clarify if its recent assertion that “no new [EU] rules will apply in the UK without the UK first agreeing to this” means that the Government will have to consent to the UK aligning with …

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28 Mar 2024 | Committee report linked

We recommend that the UK Government consider whether the Cabinet Office could potentially have a role, alongside the Ministry of Justice, in facilitating engagement on urgent matters requiring the involvement of several UK Government departments.

We recommend that the UK Government consider whether the Cabinet Office could potentially have a role, alongside the Ministry of Justice, in facilitating engagement on urgent matters requiring the involvement of several UK Government departments. Type: recommendation | Number: 7 …

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21 Apr 2023 | Committee report linked

We recommend that the Bill should be amended to ensure that within a given timeframe a committee also examines any regulations which are part of retained EU law and which govern UK law relating to work, including workplace standards and employment rights, which the Government (a) intends should expire at the ‘sunset’ date set in the legislation or (b) proposes to incorporate into domestic law under the affirmative procedure.

We recommend that the Bill should be amended to ensure that within a given timeframe a committee also examines any regulations which are part of retained EU law and which govern UK law relating to work, including workplace standards and …

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24 Mar 2023 | Committee report linked

The Regulatory Policy Committee should be supported for its work in supporting Parliament in understanding the impact of proposed regulation and we recommend these impact assessments are used much more widely throughout the legislative process. Given the transfer of regulatory oversight from the European Parliament to our Parliament, we recognise the need to ensure that our Parliament finds its way in meeting this new challenge and providing effective scrutiny and oversight of new regulations...

The Regulatory Policy Committee should be supported for its work in supporting Parliament in understanding the impact of proposed regulation and we recommend these impact assessments are used much more widely throughout the legislative process. Given the transfer of regulatory …

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12 Oct 2022 | Committee report linked

Outside the EU single market, there is also greater scope for England, Wales and Scotland to reach different regulatory decisions in areas of devolved competence, which include food and environmental protect. The regulators are working with the devolved administrations under a set of ‘common frameworks’ to reach an agreed way forward where possible.49 For FSA, this approach involves shared committees of officials and coordinating timing of key steps such as putting advice to ministers at the ...

Outside the EU single market, there is also greater scope for England, Wales and Scotland to reach different regulatory decisions in areas of devolved competence, which include food and environmental protect. The regulators are working with the devolved administrations under …

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6 Jul 2021 | Committee report linked

We do not see a clear need for the creation of a new committee or a new independent body to carry out this work. It would seem a more efficient use of Parliamentary resources to use the structures that are already available in both Houses. Although the scrutiny task will be substantial, it will be an extended one as new regulations are drafted, rather than a short-term surge of activity. There is already expertise in select committees in the Commons and the Lords, and both have the power to a...

We do not see a clear need for the creation of a new committee or a new independent body to carry out this work. It would seem a more efficient use of Parliamentary resources to use the structures that are …

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12 Mar 2021 | Committee report linked

The Department suggested that external factors had hindered the programme, noting that new requirements emerged following the EU Exit referendum results in 7 Q 45; C&AG’s report Progress delivering the Emergency Services Network, Session 2017–19, HC 2140, 10 May 2019, Para 5 8 Q 44 9 Q 66 10 Q 49 11 Q 37 12 Qq 66, 67 13 Qq 37, 38; HM Treasury, Treasury Minutes – Government responses on the Twenty–Seventh to the Thirty–Third reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2015–16, Cm 927...

The Department suggested that external factors had hindered the programme, noting that new requirements emerged following the EU Exit referendum results in 7 Q 45; C&AG’s report Progress delivering the Emergency Services Network, Session 2017–19, HC 2140, 10 May 2019, …

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