Keir Starmer MP, Labour’s Shadow
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, commenting on the Government’s
latest Brexit policy paper on enforcement and dispute resolution, said:
“Any
final deal with the EU that protects jobs and the economy will require an
effective and robust dispute resolution mechanism. This will inevitably involve
some form of independent court.
“The
Prime Minister’s ideological insistence that there can be no future role
whatsoever for the ECJ or any similar court-like body risks preventing the deal
Britain needs. It has already held back a sensible and early agreement on
issues such as Euratom and EU citizens.
“But the
repeated reference to ending the “direct jurisdiction” of the ECJ is
potentially significant. This appears to contradict the red line laid out in
the Prime Minister’s Lancaster House speech and the government’s white paper,
which stated there could be no future role of the ECJ and that all laws will be
interpreted by judges in this country.”
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