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Allister described the deal between the last government and the European Union as an "undemocratic plundering of the Northern Ireland statute book".

“Everyone wants to be tough on crime. You wind up with statute books that are full of crimes, many of which don’t get prosecuted.”

But India remains among the three dozen countries - along with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia - where the law remains on the statute books.

The campaigns have also experienced many highs and lows – getting close to the statute books, and then being de-prioritised, in what must have felt like a legislative edition of snakes and ladders.

The Conservatives promise to "build" on the Brexit deal they negotiated and keep removing EU laws from the UK statute book.