UK-EU deal will lead to ‘growing pressure’ for parliament to scrutinise legislation, warns committee – UK politics live

Key events24m agoUK-EU deal will lead to 'growing pressure' for parliament to scrutinise legislation, committee warnsUK-EU deal will lead to 'growing pressure' for parliament to scrutinise legislation, committee warnsHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.There will be a “growing pressure” for parliament to scrutinise EU legislation under new deals on food and emissions to be sealed ahead of the UK’s summit with the bloc next week, a Lords’ committee has warned.Prime minister Andy Burnham is due to meet EU leaders in Brussels next week and sign agreements that he says could raise GDP by 0.4%. This includes a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal on food and farming, as well as one on emissions trading and another for a youth mobility scheme.A deal is also thought to include a health security agreement to help address shortages of drugs such as antibiotics and ADHD medication, which have got worse since Brexit, according to a draft text seen by the I newspaper.It will mark a significant shift in the Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU as they will require dynamic alignment, the process of matching laws to the bloc’s evolving legislation, the House of Lords European Affairs Committee said in a new report.The committee of peers says this will mean parliament needs to set up a “robust, consistent and adequately resourced cross-departmental system” to manage the UK’s dynamic alignment commitments.The committee chairman, Jock Stirrup, said: double quotation markAlthough important details remain to be determined of the legal and institutional form that dynamic alignment will take, its introduction will mark a major change to the nature of the UK-EU relationship as it exists under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. As the UK aligns with more EU law, parliament will face growing pressure to scrutinise significant volumes of EU legislation. The food and farming deal alone could generate at least 780 pieces of in-scope EU law every year, the committee heard.Meanwhile, the I reports that the government is close to securing a deal with Europe to help tackle post-Brexit medicine shortages, including antibiotics, ADHD medication and epilepsy drugs.Experts on post-Brexit health policy have reportedly described the deal as “significant'” and a “good first step” in addressing shortages that have hit both sides in recent years.It comes as prime minister Andy Burnham said he believes a “win-win” deal could be done with the EU that could be “more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for in 2016”.The prime minister was meeting fellow leaders at the European Political Community summit in Dublin, ahead of the summit next week, where he hopes to bring Britain closer to Europe.Burnham said: double quotation markI believe there is a good deal to be done that could be a win-win for Britain and Europe. The deal is not done, and there’ll be some long nights ahead in the next seven days. In other developments: Some young people with disabilities will lose their personal independence payments and will have to apply instead to a local fund for short-term expenses and equipment, Alan Milburn’s review will recommend. Sadiq Khan has become the most high-profile Labour figure to weigh into the increasingly fractious debate over what the government should do with its electric vehicle targets. Nigel Farage appeared on Russell Brand’s US podcast nine months after the comedian was investigated by police over allegations of sexual assault, the Guardian has learned. The UK government has appointed the world’s first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country.