Thursday, October 28, 2010

EU Rules UK

Parliament is enacting more than 3,000 regulations a year which originated in Brussels, the House of Commons Library found.  They range in importance from the Working Time Directive, which limits the time junior doctors can spend on the wards (not just aimed at MDs, surely?) to rules governing the classification of padded waistcoats.

The figures, far higher than those quoted by the former Labour administration, are likely to lead to renewed claims that Britain is giving up its powers as a sovereign state to unelected bureaucrats. 

More at TTel.

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