Theresa May says her repeal bill to incorporate all existing EU laws into UK law (Theresa May to trigger article 50 by end of March 2017, 2 October) will also “include powers to make changes to the laws originating from the EU, using secondary legislation”. This does not return power to our elected institutions, it gives virtually untrammelled power to ministers who can pass secondary legislation without any reference at all to parliament. Yet again this country demonstrates just how undemocratic it is and how desperately we need constitutional reform in order to allow the elected parliament to hold the government to account.
Hazel Dawe
Oxford
• There is a simpler solution to calling an early general election than trying to get a two-thirds majority in the Commons (Letters, 29 September ). Theresa May could repeal or amend the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011 by a simple majority.
Andy Crump
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
• Vernon Bogdanor (Opinion, 3 October) writes that membership of the European Economic Area requires accepting the free movement of people. Liechtenstein, an EEA member since 1995, imposes strict quotas limiting the number of people who can work and live there. This quota system applies to nationals of all EU countries.
Dr John Doherty
Vienna
• Vernon Bogdanor writes “it will be the ‘left behind’, those most likely to have voted for Brexit, who will suffer the most”. Surely it is those misguided voters who most deserve to suffer its consequences?
Steve Pardoe
Acton Bridge, Cheshire
• Surely the true meaning of the enigmatic question is “contintental Brexit or full English Brexit (with Oxford marmalade)”.
Roger Lake
York
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