Britain faces chaos if it scraps EU laws, warns ex-Whitehall legal boss

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Controversial Tory bill set to inflict further damage on businesses, with no clues yet about incoming legislationTory plans to scrap most EU laws by the end of 2023, to show that Brexit is being delivered, risk causing untold legal chaos and yet more damage to British businesses, according to the former head of the government's legal service.
61% : "In the light of the pandemonium in parliament, the only sensible thing to do is abandon this before it causes any more headaches for businesses and consumers alike, and start again tackling the problems Brexit has caused when it comes to the protection of EU law."
58% : Last night Jonathan Jones, who headed the government legal service from 2014 to 2020, and dealt with issues relating to Brexit, warned that the retained EU law (revocation and reform) bill, which will have its second reading in the Commons on Tuesday, will create deep uncertainty for businesses and many other organisations.
57% : "This has nothing to do with Brexit.
50% : Under the bill's provisions, about 2,400 EU laws that were kept on the UK statute book after Brexit, to ensure continuity, will be automatically deleted at the end of next year, except in cases where ministers decide that there should be exemptions.
50% : There is nothing inherent in Brexit that says we have to change the law within a particular period after we have left.
42% : A government spokesperson said: "The government is committed to taking full advantage of the benefits of Brexit, which is why we are pushing ahead with our retained EU law bill, which will end the special legal status of all retained EU law by 2023.

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