UK-EU deal will lead to ‘growing pressure’ for parliament to scrutinise legislation, warns committee – UK politics live

The report on food and emissions comes ahead of a joint UK-EU summit next week Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. There will be a “growing pressure” for parliament to scrutinise EU legislation under new deals on food and emissions to be sealed ahead of the UK’s summi

The report on food and emissions comes ahead of a joint UK-EU summit next week Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. There will be a “growing pressure” for parliament to scrutinise EU legislation under new deals on food and emissions to be sealed ahead of the UK’s summit with the bloc next week, a Lords’ committee has warned. Although important details remain to be determined of the legal and institutional form that dynamic alignment will take, its introduction will mark a major change to the nature of the UK-EU relationship as it exists under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

As the UK aligns with more EU law, parliament will face growing pressure to scrutinise significant volumes of EU legislation. I believe there is a good deal to be done that could be a win-win for Britain and Europe. The deal is not done, and there’ll be some long nights ahead in the next seven days.

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