Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 14 March 2018.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:48, 14 March 2018

Counsel General, yesterday I welcomed the law derived from the EU (Wales) Bill, with particular reference to section 7, which allows for EU derived Welsh law to be interpreted in line with the EU charter of fundamental rights, which is not being transposed into UK law by the EU withdrawal Bill. Do you agree that the charter is vital to the safeguarding of equality and human rights protection, and is section 7 of the Bill robust enough, given that if the EU withdrawal Bill goes ahead as it is, laws in areas previously within EU competence, such as consumer protection and workers' rights, will be at risk?