Resources / The EU (Withdrawal) Bill

The EU (Withdrawal) Bill was introduced into Parliament on 13 July 2017. On this page I have pulled together links to the Bill itself, key Bill-related texts, and official Government publications and parliamentary select committee reports on the Bill, along with blogposts that explain and analyse the Bill. I will update and add to the resources on this page as the Bill progresses through Parliament and as the debate about it develops. I anticipate that the volume of material published will be very great indeed, and I certainly do not intend this page to be a comprehensive resource. I will, however, add items that seem to me to be particularly significant or that otherwise catch my eye. In addition to the materials set out below, which are specifically concerned with the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the House of Commons Library’s Brexit page contains links to a wealth of briefing papers on wide range of Brexit-related matters.

Key texts

• The Bill (as introduced on 13 July 2017)
• Explanatory Notes (13 July 2017)
• Delegated Powers Memorandum (13 July 2017)

Papers published by UK and devolved governments

• DExEU, Fact sheets on the Bill  (13 July 2017)
• Statement by First Ministers of Scotland and Wales (13 July 2017)
• Scottish Government, Legislative Consent Memorandum on EU (Withdrawal) Bill (12 September 2017)
• Welsh Government, Legislative Consent Memorandum on EU (Withdrawal) Bill (12 September 2017)
• Scottish and Welsh Governments’ proposed amendments to EU (Withdrawal) Bill (19 September 2017

Parliamentary publications

• House of Lords Constitution Committee, “The ‘Great Repeal Bill’ and delegated powers” (7 March 2017)
• National Assembly for Wales External Afairs and Additional Legislation Committee, “Paper: Implications for Wales” (June 2017)
• House of Lords Constitution Committee, “European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: interim report” (7 September 2017)
• House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, “European Union (Withdrawal) Bill” (28 September 2017)
• Written evidence submitted to House of Lords Constitution Committee (October 2017)
• Evidence of Sir Stephen Laws to House of Lords EU Committee (October 2017)
• House of Commons Procedure Committee, “Scrutiny of delegated legislation under
  the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: interim report” (November 2017)
• House of Commons Exiting the EU Committee, “European Union (Withdrawal) Bill” (November 2017)
• House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee, “European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Implications for devolution” (November 2017)
• House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, “Devolution and Exiting the EU and Clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Issues for Consideration” (November 2017)

Parliamentary debates

• House of Commons, Second Reading: 7 September 2017; 11 September 2017
• House of Commons, Committee Stage: 14 November 2017; 15 November 2017; 21 November 2017

Analysis

• Mark Elliott and Stephen Tierney, “The ‘Great Repeal Bill’ and Delegated Powers” (7 March 2017)
• Paul Daly, “Empty Threats: The Explanatory Notes to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill” (13 July 2017)
• Julian Gregory, “The EU (Withdrawal) Bill: some initial thoughts” (13 July 2017)
• Mark Elliott, “The EU (Withdrawal) Bill: Initial Thoughts” (14 July 2017)
• Angela Patrick, “EU Withdrawal Bill: You say tomato; I say unprecedented Executive Power” (14 July 2017)
• Mark Elliott, “1,000 words / The EU (Withdrawal) Bill” (14 July 2017)
• Schona Jolly, “Scared about your human rights after Brexit? You should be” (14 July 2017)
• Kenneth Armstrong, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger” (15 July 2017)
• Steve Peers, “Where the Brexit battles over the repeal bill will be fought in parliament” (17 July 2017)
• Daniel Greenberg, “European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: complexity without clarity?” (17 July 2017)
• Jack Simson Caird, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: constitutional change and legal continuity” (18 July 2017)
• Hansard Society, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – initial reflections on the Bill’s delegated powers and delegated legislation” (18 July 2017)
• Kenneth Campbell, “Henry VIII Comes to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Other Devolution Questions in the EU (Withdrawal) Bill” (20 July 2017)
• Mark Elliott, “A ‘blatant power grab’? The Scottish Government on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill” (10 August 2017)
• Raphael Hogarth, “How to answer Lord Neuberger’s call for clarity on the ECJ” (10 August 2017)
• Mark Elliott, “The Devil in the Detail: Twenty Questions about the EU (Withdrawal) Bill” (14 August 2017)
• House of Commons Library Briefing Paper, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill” (1 September 2017)
• Hansard Society, “Taking Back Control for Brexit and Beyond: Delegated Legislation, Parliamentary Scrutiny and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill” (5 September 2017)
• Mark Elliott and Stephen Tierney, “House of Lords Constitution Committee issues Interim Report on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill” (7 September 2017)
• Paul Daly, “The EU (Withdrawal) Bill: Conceptual, Substantive and Procedural Problems” (24 September 2017)
• Thomas de la Mare and James Segan, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: constructive ambiguity or a political choice not yet made?” (27 September 2017)
• Kenneth Armstrong, John Bell, Paul Daly and Mark Elliott, “Implementing Transition: How Would it Work?” (13 October 2017)
• Kenneth Armstrong, Paul Daly and Kirsty Hughes, “Brexit and EU Nationals: Options for Implementation in UK Law” (5 December 2017)