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registered interest true more like this
date less than 2015-07-16more like thismore than 2015-07-16
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Railways: EU Action more like this
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether officials were instructed to vote against the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package at the European Union Transport Council Working Group meeting in June, whilst at the same time supporting the package; and if so, why. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Berkeley more like this
uin HL1548 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>A proposal for the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package was subject to endorsement by Member States on 30 June at a meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER). In line with Government policy, the UK delegation was unable to support the item on the grounds that the proposals were not consistent with the UK’s preferred approach on the use of secondary legislation powers and the use of delegated acts. Notwithstanding our position on this issue, officials were able to offer the UK’s general support for the Package as a whole.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
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4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
3526
label Biography information for Lord Berkeley more like this