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573984

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the UK's right to halt the Article 50 process before the end of the two-year period allocated to EU exit negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	44574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The referendum result delivered a clear mandate for an EU exit and it is the duty of the Government to make sure we do just that. The Prime Minister has been clear that there must be no attempts to remain inside the EU and no attempts to rejoin it through the back door. Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it.</p> answering member constituency Haltemprice and Howden answering member printed Mr David Davis question first answered 07/09/2016 15:41:36 answering member 373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

574235

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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, what process the Government plans to follow for invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	44678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The first formal step in leaving the European Union is to invoke Article 50, which will start two years of negotiations. The Prime Minister has been clear that we won’t be triggering Article 50 before the end of 2016 and once we have a UK approach and clear objectives for negotiations.</p><p>Article 50 explicitly recognises that a Member State may decide to withdraw “in accordance with its own constitutional requirements”. It is for the Member State concerned to determine what those constitutional requirements are.</p> answering member constituency Haltemprice and Howden answering member printed Mr David Davis question first answered 07/09/2016 16:45:31 answering member 373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

574236

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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, over what timetable he plans for negotiations with the EU and with other EU member states to take place on the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	44679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that we won’t be triggering Article 50 before the end of 2016. She has said that we won’t be triggering Article 50 until we have a UK approach and clear objectives for negotiations.</p><p>The first formal step in the process of leaving the European Union is to invoke Article 50, which will start two years of negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Haltemprice and Howden answering member printed Mr David Davis question first answered 07/09/2016 17:19:16 answering member 373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

731160

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, if he will list the civil servants and the meetings they attended in Brussels on 19 June 2017 for the first round of Article 50 negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The following senior civil servants, at grades SCS2 and above, took part in the first round of the negotiations on 19 June 2017.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Oliver Robbins, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Sir Tim Barrow, UKRep</p></li><li><p>Glyn Williams, Home Office</p></li><li><p>Alex Ellis, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Mark Bowman, HMT</p></li><li><p>Simon Case, UKRep</p></li><li><p>Jonathan Black, HMT</p></li><li><p>Chris Jones, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Catherine Webb, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Catherine Adams, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Daniel Denman, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Matt Baugh, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Ian Walsh, DWP</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>The agenda for the day, setting out the meetings attended by officials, can be found here: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/agenda-19-june-meeting-between-eu-and-uk-article-50-negotiations_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/agenda-19-june-meeting-between-eu-and-uk-article-50-negotiations_en</a>. See below:</p><p>Opening of the negotiations between the EU and the UK on the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union by Michel Barnier, the European Commission's Chief Negotiator, and David Davis, UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union</p><p> 11.00 : Opening session (Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis) plus officials</p><p> 12.30 : Working lunch between Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis</p><p> 14.00 – 16.30 : Working groups</p><p> 16.30 : Meeting of coordinators (Sabine Weyand, European Commission's Deputy Chief Negotiator and Olly Robbins, Permanent Secretary, UK Department for Exiting the EU)</p><p> 17.30 : Closing session (Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis)</p><p> 18:30 (approx): Joint press conference by Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis, BERL press room</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 27/06/2017 13:35:46 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

731227

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of treaties requiring renegotiation as a result of the UK's exit from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Many of the UK’s relationships with non-EU partners and international organisations rest in some way on our membership of the EU.</p><p>The UK will seek to maintain the relationships and cooperation it currently enjoys with non-EU partners and international organisations as it exits the EU.</p><p>We are currently conducting a detailed assessment of the agreements which will require replacement as a result of the UK’s exit from the UK and taking forward work with partners to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 28/06/2017 12:29:58 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

746971

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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, what the total cost to the public purse was of the (a) High Court case and (b) Supreme Court appeal on Article 50.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	2135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Details of the costs associated with the Article 50 case will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 04/07/2017 16:09:15 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

759481

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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, what plans he has to recruit more officials to assist with the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 450 staff based in the UK plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels. We regularly review headcount to ensure we are appropriately staffed to deal with all aspects of the negotiations.</p><p><br>The Department is continuing to recruit the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. Numbers are regularly changing and our aim is to have a streamlined Department, while hiring in the right skills and experience to get the best outcome for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/09/2017 10:23:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

767760

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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, what steps he has taken to (a) employ and train staff and (b) acquire appropriate premises for a new cadre of regulators in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	106694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Individual governmental departments are responsible for resourcing and accommodation decisions for all existing and any potential new Arms Length Bodies that fall within their remit. This includes those with regulatory functions. The Government will continue to plan for a range of scenarios and will be ready to take any necessary steps to ensure that we are ready for exit day.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/10/2017 15:21:41 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

781356

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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 his Department is helping to prepare contingency plans across Government in the event of a no deal outcome from the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	901553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to negotiating a deep and special partnership with the European Union and negotiations are progressing well. However, as a responsible government, we are ensuring plans are in place for a range of outcomes, including the unlikely scenario where the UK leaves the EU without a deal. <br><br>The Department for Exiting the European Union is working alongside each Government department to build a clear understanding of how withdrawing from the EU will affect its existing policies and services. Plans are well developed and have been designed to provide the flexibility to respond to a number of potential outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 02/11/2017 13:01:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

782341

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on not reaching a deal with the EU on exiting the EU on the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>We are confident that a future partnership between the UK and EU is in the interests of both sides, so we approach these negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome.</p><p>However, a responsible government should prepare for all potential outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. The government is therefore undertaking a comprehensive programme of analytical work across a range of scenarios.</p><p>However, we have been very clear that we must not publish material that could undermine the UK position in the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 09/11/2017 09:34:31 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt