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1017180

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	National Crime Agency and Police Service of Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) National crime Agency and (b) PSNI on contingency preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	197347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we do not want or expect a no deal scenario</p><p>Achieving agreement on the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and securing a detailed Political Declaration on the terms of our future relationship has meant that the chances of no deal have been reduced considerably. However, the Government continues to prepare for all eventualities.</p><p>We are working across Government to develop and implement our preparations to leave the EU. This includes discussions between the Home Office and law enforcement agencies and local authorities, including the National Crime Agency and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, on how to ensure ongoing security and effective policing regardless of the outcome of negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 12/12/2018 16:21:02 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1017257

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Gibraltar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the recent statement he agreed with the President of the European Commission and President of the European Council, that Gibraltar will not be included in the territorial scope of agreement to be concluded between the EU and the UK (a) replaces or (b) amends the provisions of Article 24 of the Article 50 guidelines which provided for the application to Gibraltar of agreement between the EU and the UK after the UK leaves the EU; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Dame Louise Ellman
uin	197346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has not agreed that Gibraltar will be excluded from the territorial scope of the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The UK, in a letter to the EU Council, and the Council, in the minutes of the Special November Council, set out their shared interpretation that Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement, which concerns the UK and the EU’s future relationship, imposes no obligations regarding the territorial scope of future agreements. The UK also made clear we will only agree a deal on the future which works for the whole UK family and we will negotiate a deal that works for Gibraltar.</p><p>The Article 50 Council guidelines are an internal matter for the Council in Article 50 format. Statements or actions by the EU institutions or other member states have no effect on the United Kingdom’s sovereignty over Gibraltar.</p><p>On Gibraltar, we have worked constructively with both the EU and the Government of Gibraltar throughout the process of agreeing the Withdrawal Agreement. We have ensured that Gibraltar is covered by both the Withdrawal Agreement and by the Implementation Period. We look forward to taking a similar approach for the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/12/2018 15:39:32 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

1017291

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Free Movement of People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2018 to Question 121082, what recent progress his Department has made on securing the right of onward movement for UK nationals with status in an EU Member State.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	197416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK pushed strongly for the inclusion of onward movement rights during the first phase of negotiations on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement, but the EU was not ready to include them.</p><p>We recognise that onward movement opportunities are an important issue for UK nationals in the EU, and we remain committed to raising this issue during detailed discussion on our future relationship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/12/2018 14:38:16 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1017292

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, further to the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 162, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Withdrawal Agreement in achieving the Government's aim of a seamless and frictionless border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	197417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Protocol guarantees that even in the event that the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not in place by the end of the implementation period, there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland and no splitting of the UK’s customs territory. In so doing, the agreement preserves the economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom, upholds the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, and ensures people and businesses that rely on an open border between Northern Ireland and Ireland can continue living their lives and operating as they do now.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/12/2018 15:45:52 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1016298

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the UK is able unilaterally to withdraw from the proposed EU withdrawal agreement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	196727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>It is a matter of customary international law, by which the UK is bound, that unilateral termination is prohibited outside the terms of a treaty. The Withdrawal Agreement contains no provision regarding termination and therefore, once in force, the UK would not be able unilaterally to terminate it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/12/2018 16:06:11 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1016314

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much the Government plans to spend on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal in each month until March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	196731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not record expenditure or forecasts against potential outcomes. It records expenditure and forecasts on a functional basis.</p><p>The Department will be fulfilling its objectives within our Spending Review settlement, which provides funding through to March 2020.</p><p>Based on this, we are expecting to fulfill our Departmental objectives within our budget allocations up to March 2019 which totals £96m for 2018/19.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/12/2018 13:24:02 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1016327

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Tourism Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment has been made of the effect on the operation of Tourism NI and Tourism Ireland of the proposed EU Withdrawal Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	196738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement, at Article 13, contains a commitment that the UK and the EU will respectively maintain the necessary conditions for North-South cooperation following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This includes tourism, which is a formal area of cooperation agreed by the North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC) under Strand II of the Belfast Agreement.</p><p>The Attorney-General’s legal commentary on the Agreement made clear that Article 13 does not alter the remit or functions of the NSMC or the North-South Implementation bodies, nor does it alter arrangements under Strand II of the 1998 Agreement in any way. The Protocol acknowledges that the UK and Ireland may continue to make new arrangements that build on the provisions of the 1998 Agreement in other areas of North-South cooperation on the island of Ireland. In accordance with the position set out in the recitals, the functions and safeguards of the Assembly and the NSMC (including cross-community provisions) will be respected in full.</p><p>Thus the Protocol and its recitals recognise that any new arrangements - whether expansion or diminution in areas of cooperation - are a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive and Irish Government alone, through the NSMC. The status, functions, and remit of Tourism NI and Tourism Ireland are completely unaffected.</p><p>It is important also to note that the Article also does not require any application of EU law in Northern Ireland. It is therefore exempt from the specific EU supervision and enforcement provisions set out in the Protocol. Cooperation will remain a matter for two sovereign jurisdictions on the island of Ireland to decide in accordance with the respective legal regimes.</p><p>The most significant effect of the Withdrawal Agreement in relation to tourism is to ensure that, under the Common Travel Area arrangements, individuals can continue to travel freely between the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, and Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 10/12/2018 15:43:07 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1016328

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	European Reference Networks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress he has made in negotiations with the EU on UK participation in European Reference Networks after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	196739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In our July 2018 White Paper we set out our ambition to explore continued participation in European Reference Networks as part of a future agreement on science and innovation.</p><p>Since then we have made progress in negotiations with the EU. The publication of the Political Declaration in November was a significant milestone, and outlined a clear vision for our future relationship with the EU, including cooperation on areas of shared interest such as science and innovation. The Withdrawal Agreement was also published in November and both documents were endorsed by EU Member States at the special European Council on Sunday 25 November. This provided clarity to industry on the terms of our implementation period, during which UK healthcare providers would be able to continue participating in European Reference Networks.</p><p>The UK would like to explore participation in European Reference Networks beyond 2020 as part of detailed negotiations on our future relationship. We believe that the UK’s continued participation in these networks benefits citizens, researchers and patients across the UK and the EU, and we look forward to discussing this with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 10/12/2018 14:34:53 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1016443

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Dover Port: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish the dates of the visits he has made to the port of Dover since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	196873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not visited the Port of Dover during his time in position. Ministers in the Department for Exiting the EU with responsibility for ports visited the Port of Dover twice this year. Former Minister Suella Braverman on the 14th May and Minister Chris Heaton-Harris on the 24th August. <br><br>DExEU ministers have visited 19 ports to date as part of a wider programme of engagement carried out by other Government ministers and officials to ports around the United Kingdom. Ministers from across Government have also carried out extensive engagement on EU exit with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy, including ports and the maritime industry, and will continue to do so.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/12/2018 14:52:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1016450

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Science: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, for what reasons the EU Withdrawal Agreement does not contain information on UK access to EU Science funding beyond December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	196908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We have agreed the terms of our exit from the European Union, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. This, along with Political Declaration on the Future Relationship, was agreed by the EU member states at the special European Council on Sunday 25 November and will now be voted on in Parliament.</p><p>The Withdrawal Agreement offers certainty to universities and other UK recipients of EU research funding programmes, including Horizon 2020, by providing for continued UK participation until the current programmes end in 2020, including where funding agreed before the end of the implementation period extends beyond 2020. UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure, replacing the need for the government’s existing funding guarantee.</p><p>We want to build on the progress made in recent negotiations and continue to pursue a far-reaching relationship on science and innovation with the EU, which is mutually beneficial for the UK, the EU, our scientific communities, and our citizens. The Political Declaration is a significant milestone towards the future relationship, and sets out that we will establish general principles, terms and conditions for the UK’s participation in Union programmes, including on science and innovation, and wider dialogue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/12/2018 15:44:29 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran