May to Introduce Repeal Bill to Restore Britain's Independence and Sovereignty

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she is to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" in the next Queen's Speech which will overturn the act which took the UK into the EU. It will remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book and end the supremacy in Britain of EU law. 

The government will also enshrine all existing EU law into British law and anything deemed unnecessary will be abolished later. Her pledge comes as the Conservatives gather for their annual conference. 

The repeal of the 1972 Act will not take effect until the UK leaves the EU under the process for quitting the bloc known as Article 50. In an interview with the Sunday Times, the prime minister said the repeal bill would mark "the first stage in the UK becoming a sovereign and independent country once again". "It will return power and authority to the elected institutions of our country," she said. "It means that the authority of EU law in Britain will end".

May has also made clear she does not want the conference to be dominated by the issue of leaving the EU. "What I want to deliver is real change. To build a country that works for everyone," she told the Sunday Times on Sunday. The repeal bill will also end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.

Source : QNA