Brexit fury: 'Unelected' Brussels eurocrats shamed after brazen legal threat in trade row
BREXITEER Sir Bill Cash attacked the EU for their threat of legal action against the UK in a fiery rant.
Brexit: Bill Cash labels EU legal threats 'offensive and intrusive'
European Scrutiny Committee Chairman and Leave supporter Sir Bill Cash argued the EU was being offensive and intrusive. During a committee meeting, he said the UK was a sovereign nation that was free to pass amendment Bills through the House of Common, despite its previous commitments to the EU. This comes after the European Commission launched legal action against the UK over the Internal Market Bill which forms part of Boris Johnson's Brexit masterplan.
Sir Bill said: "The Internal Market Bill carries forward powers expressed and unambiguously and has now passed through the House of Commons, an elected body, by a great majority.
"As I have indicated in previous occasions it is in line with precedence and law on the international plane.
"This Bill has been passed notwithstanding the constitutionally offensive and intrusive threats against the UK made by the unelected European Commission.
"They even demanded that the Bill be withdrawn together not just with these clauses but also matters relating to a judicial interpretation.
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"There demand also being in defiance of the privileges of the House of Commons.
"I put this clearly on the record as this Bill is now to be considered by the House of Lords in accordance with the Salisbury convention."
The UK's determination to make amendments to the withdrawal agreement sparked outrage in the European Union.
The Bill was passed by MPs last week - and it will soon be discussed by peers in the House of Lords.
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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced that the UK had been put on formal notice.
Sir Bill also reiterated his frustration at the EU for their reluctance to treat the UK as an individual third country.
He said the UK will "achieve full independence" either way at the end of the Brexit transition period.
He told the committee: "The reality is apparent to many on all sides of the equation.
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"The issue of how far the question of sovereignty extends is very important indeed.
"In 2017 when negotiations were starting up, we made our point clear in this committee about the manner in which we were dissatisfied with the way in which the negotiations were then being conducted.
"Then we realised there were two principles that the EU continuously assert and then put into practice."