May's Flagship Brexit Bill On Course to Pass First Hurdle
- Lawmakers on her side warn she will need to make changes
- Bill gives ministers unprecedented powers to write laws
Brexit Bill Seeks EU Legislation Link to U.K. Law
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Theresa May’s flagship piece of Brexit legislation was due to pass its first parliamentary hurdle Monday, with lawmakers in her own Conservative Party warning she’ll have to make concessions to get the bill the rest of the way.
The European Union repeal bill allows for the transfer of thousands of EU rules into British law. Because these rules often refer to European institutions, ministers say they need to be able to rewrite these laws as they go. But critics of Brexit say this means giving them unprecedented powers without scrutiny, branding the measures “Henry VIII clauses” in reference to the 16th century Tudor monarch.