Hilary Benn MP, Chair of the House of Commons Exiting the European Union Committee, gave some interesting insights into the Parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit in discussion at the Institute for Government on 6 November 2017.
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BREXIT AND CHEMICALS REGULATION
The chemicals industry in the UK represents about 9% of the industry within the European Union, with trade flows each way exceeding Euros 20 billion each year.
The key legislation governing the chemicals industry in the EU is the REACH chemicals Regulation, which is supervised by the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, in Helsinki, Finland. REACH requires the Registration of most chemical substances through ECHA.