The many and significant concerns particular to this Bill include—
the “cliff-edge” of the sunset provision for what REUL will be retained and what will fall away, variously described as “problematic”, “arbitrary”, even “irresponsible” and “the last thing that business needs in such a fragile economic environment”;
the “blank cheque powers” for Ministers in terms of discretion to amend or replace REUL and to do so with limited parliamentary oversight – either at Westminster or Holyrood – and across multiple policy areas;
the extent of the impact on parliamentary and Scottish Government time and resources in the second half of 2023 likely to arise from scrutiny of legislation to preserve or restate REUL before the sunset date...