Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. 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. Prime minister Andy Burnham is due to meet EU leaders in Brussels next week and sign agreements that he says could raise GDP by 0.4%. This includes a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal on food and farming, as well as one on emissions trading and another for a youth mobility scheme. A deal is also thought to include a health security agreement to help address shortages of drugs such as antibiotics and ADHD medication, which have got worse since Brexit, according to a draft text seen by the I newspaper. It will mark a significant shift in the Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU as they will require dynamic alignment, the process of matching laws to the bloc’s evolving legislation, the House of Lords European Affairs Com
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 The food and farming deal alone could generate at least 780 pieces of in-scope EU law every year, the committee said. “This may sound like a technical issue, but the rules in question can affect everyday matters, from food standards and consumer prices to business costs and household budgets. 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 T
