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

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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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