lord norton, let's pick up on this power—grabbing issue, this seems to be a real concern, the committeeathtaking in its scope and potential. hasn't the government got to do this? well, there is a means and ends, so not challenging the principle of the bill. there is going to be withdrawal and then you have to get the mechanism right. we are focussing on what is the mechanism, what are the means by which one does that. the government is introducing into the bill some provisions which we think are moving into the right direction, is an awful long way to go to ensure the relationship in parliament, the executive is right in enabling parliament to be involved in the scrutiny of the measures. the way it is drawn at the moment, it is complex and it does confer on ministers exceptional powers. butjust quickly, whether you like or whether you don't, henry viiith powers are perfectly legit, they are used all the time. there has been an increase in the use of henry viiith powers and we at the constitution some time but this is on a totally different level. if you look at, i think clause 17, it mo

joined a little earlier by the conservative peer and member of the lords constitution committee lord norton, now lady taylor, who was a labour whip during her party's turbulent time in office in the late ‘70s. she's also now chair of that constitution committee which released its latest report on the eu withdrawal bill on thursday. and pete wishart, the snp's spokesman on the constitution in the commons. i began by asking him, given that the uk was leaving the eu, how he would tackle brexit? my view is that there functionality of the repeal bill, the way it applies across the nations of the united kingdom, suggest this is not the means to deliver it. i have just come from the debate and my sense is that some of the themes of the bill are starting to be set, a sense from the back bench of the conservative party and the front bench of the labour party and some others who have an interest, there could be progress made on all this. with respect, you haven't answered my question, what would you do differently? the key debate is going to come around the henry vii powers. to give his government al