And coming up on newsnight all eyes are on europe, and europes eyes are on us, as we feel our way to a new future. We hear from the German Defence minister. Now were out the way, is the eu going to start pursuing a Common Defence policy . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A day after the Brexit Process formally started, ministers have revealed their plans for converting thousands of items of European Union legislation into british law. They have announced what they call a great repeal bill, which they say will provide clarity and certainty on what happens after brexit. But critics warn it could allow changes in the law without proper parliamentary scrutiny, and a weakening of rights and protections. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping. Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land. But this one thats shaped so much for decades will be disappearing. Repealed, rolled back, the act that took us into the eu. He wan
And coming up on newsnight all eyes are on europe, and europes eyes are on us, as we feel our way to a new future. We hear from the German Defence minister. Now were out the way, is the eu going to start pursuing a Common Defence policy . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A day after the Brexit Process formally started, ministers have revealed their plans for converting thousands of items of European Union legislation into british law. They have announced what they call a great repeal bill, which they say will provide clarity and certainty on what happens after brexit. But critics warn it could allow changes in the law without proper parliamentary scrutiny, and a weakening of rights and protections. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping. Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land. But this one thats shaped so much for decades will be disappearing. Repealed, rolled back, the act that took us into the eu. He wan
And coming up on newsnight all eyes are on europe, and europes eyes are on us, as we feel our way to a new future. We hear from the German Defence minister. Now were out the way, is the eu going to start pursuing a Common Defence policy . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A day after the Brexit Process formally started, ministers have revealed their plans for converting thousands of items of European Union legislation into british law. They have announced what they call a great repeal bill, which they say will provide clarity and certainty on what happens after brexit. But critics warn it could allow changes in the law without proper parliamentary scrutiny, and a weakening of rights and protections. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping. Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land. But this one thats shaped so much for decades will be disappearing. Repealed, rolled back, the act that took us into the eu. He wan
And coming up on newsnight all eyes are on europe, and europes eyes are on us, as we feel our way to a new future. We hear from the German Defence minister. Now were out the way, is the eu going to start pursuing a Common Defence policy . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A day after the Brexit Process formally started, ministers have revealed their plans for converting thousands of items of European Union legislation into british law. They have announced what they call a great repeal bill, which they say will provide clarity and certainty on what happens after brexit. But critics warn it could allow changes in the law without proper parliamentary scrutiny, and a weakening of rights and protections. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping. Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land. But this one thats shaped so much for decades will be disappearing. Repealed, rolled back, the act that took us into the eu. He wan
Of parliament in westminster. Plans to make britain an independent, sovereign nation will be published this morning just one day after theresa may started the process of brexit. The great repeal bill will outline how the government plans to repatriate more than a0 years worth of powers from the European Union and convert thousands of eu rules into british law. Yesterday, theresa may described britains departure from the eu as an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Eleanor garnier reports. Cometh the hour, cometh the moment, in westminster, belfast, edinburgh and cardiff the exact moment the uk took a new and different course. This is an historic moment from which there is no turning back. The letter, hand delivered by our man in brussels, telling the eu we are on our way out. Written in a deliberately conciliatory tone. But a hint, too, of the steel in mrs mays stance. No overt threat to walk away, but a serious warning, as she wrote a failure to reach an agreement