I too have been surprised how quiet the IET has been on Brexit. The EEF has certainly not been and has made its views known and published some useful information.
Like Andy my concern is product standards. Even now we still don't really know what the situation will be. The government say it will be the same apart from replacing the CE mark with some sort of British mark. However Rhys Mogg and friends want to do away with regulation entirely. I know from experience that there are companies out there who will be happy to abandon the "health and safety nonsense". This would put IET engineers working for those companies in conflic with the IET Code of Conduct.
I'm also concerned for EU27 citizens in the UK. The partner of one of my fellow employees has lived, studied and worked in the UK for 12 years. When starting university she enquired whether she had to pay anything etc., being Italian. She was told "No, you are exactly the same as a British student". Now she has applied for British citizenship and been turned down because she didn't take out private medical insurance when she was a student. This despite the fact she was entitled to use the NHS under reciprocal arrangements / EHIC and, in fact, did not use the health service at all while a student!
I too have been surprised how quiet the IET has been on Brexit. The EEF has certainly not been and has made its views known and published some useful information.
Like Andy my concern is product standards. Even now we still don't really know what the situation will be. The government say it will be the same apart from replacing the CE mark with some sort of British mark. However Rhys Mogg and friends want to do away with regulation entirely. I know from experience that there are companies out there who will be happy to abandon the "health and safety nonsense". This would put IET engineers working for those companies in conflic with the IET Code of Conduct.
I'm also concerned for EU27 citizens in the UK. The partner of one of my fellow employees has lived, studied and worked in the UK for 12 years. When starting university she enquired whether she had to pay anything etc., being Italian. She was told "No, you are exactly the same as a British student". Now she has applied for British citizenship and been turned down because she didn't take out private medical insurance when she was a student. This despite the fact she was entitled to use the NHS under reciprocal arrangements / EHIC and, in fact, did not use the health service at all while a student!
