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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Stella Creasy and Richard Tice call for scrutiny over which EU laws UK ditches

Richard Tice and Stella Creasy
Creasy said: ‘Richard Tice and I can disagree over the benefits of alignment but we can both agree that parliament should examine these issues.’ Composite: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images; Nicola Tree/Getty Images

Stella Creasy and Richard Tice are pushing for Labour to allow a Brexit scrutiny committee to be formed in parliament, after the Guardian revealed environmental protections had been eroded since the UK left the EU.

The Labour and Reform UK MPs argue that there is no scrutiny or accountability over how Brexit is being implemented. Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow and chair of the Labour Movement for Europe, said the UK needed a “salvage operation” to clear up the environmental and regulatory havoc caused by Brexit.

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