The EU (Withdrawal) Bill (formerly known as the Great Repeal Bill) passed Second Reading in the House of Commons on 11 September 2017.

The Bill repeals the European Communities Act 1972 (ECA) on the day the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. The Bill ends the supremacy of European Union (EU) law in UK law and converts EU law as it stands at the moment of exit into domestic law. It also creates temporary powers to make secondary legislation to enable corrections to be made to the laws that would otherwise no longer operate appropriately once the UK has left, so that the domestic legal system continues to function correctly outside the EU. The Bill also enables domestic law to reflect the content of a withdrawal agreement under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union once the UK leaves the EU

Separately the Lords Constitution Committee has issued an interim report on the Bill, and called for the Government to act on the Committee’s criticism of the ‘unprecedented’ transfer of powers from Parliament to Government, proposed in the Bill.

You can follow developments relating to the passage of the Bill on this page.