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13 July 2017

英ガーディアン紙:英労働党の影の離脱担当相キーア・スターマー氏、メイ首相が離脱条件で譲歩しない限り労働党は包括的欧州共同体法廃止法案に賛成しないと主張


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Conservatives risk defeat over bill that unbundles EU laws if they do not make concessions to opposition parties, warns Keir Starmer.


With only a few Conservative rebels needed to inflict defeat on the prime minister, the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, told the Guardian he was “putting the government on notice” and demanded changes on matters from parliamentary scrutiny to workers’ rights.

Starmer’s move to exploit the prime minister’s weakness – and formally reject her entreaties for Jeremy Corbyn’s party to work alongside her – came as the government faced further setbacks over its approach to Brexit.

Starmer said that the bill would not gain Labour’s support in its current form. “We have very serious issues with the government’s approach, and unless the government addresses those issues, we will not be supporting the bill,” Starmer said.

He said Labour would demand concessions in six areas. These include ensuring that workers’ rights in Britain do not fall behind those in the EU; incorporating the European Charter of Fundamental Rights into UK law; and limiting the scope of so-called “Henry VIII powers”, which could allow the government to alter legislation with minimal parliamentary scrutiny.

 

 

 

 

“These issues are serious, they’re reasonable and we’re very firm about them. So we’re really putting the government on notice,” he said. [...]

Full article on The Guardian



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