EU making our laws made me think – how real?

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All this talk about the EU making all our laws made me think – and explore.

I found legislation.gov.uk/ukpga with all sorts of wonderful information

When I look at acts of the UK governmane I see that they are simlar to the numbers in the fifties – 60 years ago.

2010-2016

1950-1959

And the spread of topics is interesting.

For example   Immigration Act 2016  PART 1 Labour market and illegal working : PART 2 Access to services : PART 3 Enforcement : PART 4 Appeals : PART 5 Support etc for certain categories of migrant : PART 6 Border security : PART 7 Language requirements for public sector workers : PART 8 Fees and charges : PART 9 Miscellaneous and general

Title Years and Numbers
Housing and Planning Act 2016 2016 c. 22
Armed Forces Act 2016 2016 c. 21
Energy Act 2016 2016 c. 20
Immigration Act 2016 2016 c. 19
House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 2016 2016 c. 18
Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Act 2016 2016 c. 17
Driving Instructors (Registration) Act 2016 2016 c. 16
Trade Union Act 2016 2016 c. 15
Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016 2016 c. 14
Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 2016 c. 13
Enterprise Act 2016 2016 c. 12
Scotland Act 2016 2016 c. 11
NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 2016 c. 10
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Act 2016 2016 c. 9
Riot Compensation Act 2016 2016 c. 8
Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 2016 c. 7
Education and Adoption Act 2016 2016 c. 6
Childcare Act 2016 2016 c. 5
Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 2016 c. 4
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2016 2016 c. 3

OK, I understand that legislation is also made in Brussels, by us and our friends, but to infer that Brussels makes our laws as though we have no says about what we need is clearly spurious.

Mmmmm, real food for though in this silly propaganda war.