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The Tory MP said Remainers and SNP MPs who were planning to vote against the bill would be supporting “gaps” in UK law. A cross-party group of politicians - both MPs and peers - are believed to be in talks about how to water down the government’s plan for a hard Brexit. Speaking to the Express.co.uk, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “The Great Repeal Bill is something that is implementation rather than advancement. “If the Great Repeal Bill isn’t passed by the end of March 2019, it doesn’t stop us leaving the European Union, all it means is there is a hole in our law.

BBC•EXPRESS Jacob Rees-Mogg said challengers to the Repeal Bill were asking for "chaos"

If Remainers and the SNP want no Great Repeal Bill, what they’re actually asking for is chaos Jacob Rees-Mogg

“So the 1972 European Communities Act brings European Court judgements and directives into UK law. “But it’s unclear what happens to European regulations and those regulations may just vanish into the ether, leaving a gap in our law. “If Remainers and the SNP want no Great Repeal Bill, what they’re actually asking for is chaos. Anti-Brexit campaigners have revealed they plan to push for a “legislative war” of the Repeal Bill, to be published this Thursday - the first anniversary of Theresa May becoming prime minister.

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The group plan to prevent the government from using so-called Henry VIII powers contained in the bill, which would allow Mrs May and her team to rewrite hundreds of laws without primary legislation. The Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesman Tom Brake said: “The bill will end up being legislative war. This government cannot be trusted with more power than Henry VIII had. “I wouldn’t trust them to run a bath. “This bill will look like a Christmas tree because of the number of amendments that will be hung onto it.”