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1037016

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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, to publish the legal advice it has received in respect of leaving the European Economic Area Agreement [1994] specifically regarding Her Majesty's Government's legal submissions to the High Court in the case of R (Yalland and Wilding) v SSEU [2017] that Article 126 as giving rise to termination of the EEA Agreement ipso jure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	205956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>As a matter of course, the Government does not publish legal advice.</p><p>The EEA Agreement only applies to the UK in its capacity as an EU Member State. The EEA Agreement will no longer operate in respect of the UK when we leave the EU. However, at the March European Council we agreed with the EU that the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements for the duration of the implementation period. This includes the EEA Agreement. Alongside the Withdrawal Agreement, the EU undertook to notify its treaty partners that the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of EU international agreements during the implementation period.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/01/2019 12:27:23 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1037027

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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 political agreement reached with the EU on 26 November 2018 still holds.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	205789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK and EU have agreed a Withdrawal Agreement that will ensure our smooth and orderly departure on 29 March; and, tied to this agreement, a Political Declaration on an ambitious future partnership that is in our national interest. Both the documents are subject to agreement and ratification by Parliament.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 16/01/2019 16:21:46 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1037175

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Conditions of Employment
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 representatives from the Trades Union Congress on the effect of the Government's proposed Withdrawal Agreement on workers' rights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	206020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials from across Government have carried out extensive engagement on EU exit - with businesses, industry bodies, and civil society organisations from all sectors of the economy and all regions of the UK. This includes recent and ongoing engagement with the Trades Union Congress. The Secretary of State for DExEU spoke to Frances O’Grady, the Director General of the Trades Union Congress, on 23 November and again on 11 January and plans to continue these discussions. The Prime Minister is also engaging with Trades Unions and spoke to a number of unions on 11 January.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 16/01/2019 15:07:51 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1029588

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Anguilla: 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 he has made of the potential effect on the Overseas Territory of Anguilla of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	204406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with the Government of Anguilla to enable them to understand the implications of the UK leaving the EU. Ministers and officials regularly engage with representatives from Anguilla and the other Overseas Territories through the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council which last met on 4 and 5 December 2018. This mechanism for dialogue ensures that assessments about the potential effects of EU Exit on their territories can be shared.</p><p>The Government is committed to working with Anguilla through the negotiation process with the EU, and getting a deal that works for the whole British family, which includes Anguilla.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/01/2019 17:12:52 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1029589

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Anguilla: Saint Martin
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 he has made of the merits of the proposal from the Government of Anguilla for a customs union and common travel area with St Martin.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	204407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government fully understands the importance of economic and personal links between St Martin/Sint Maarten and Anguilla and the Government is working closely with the Government of Anguilla on all aspects of Brexit. We are working with the Government of Anguilla on all related issues including around the flow of goods, services and people between St Martin/Sint Maarten and Anguilla.</p><p>The movement of both British citizens and British Overseas Territories citizens between Anguilla and St Martin should continue under the existing bilateral arrangements which provide visa-free access for short stays up to 90 days and do not depend on the UK’s EU membership. We will continue to work with Anguilla and our other Overseas Territories as we leave the EU to ensure we get a deal which works for the whole UK family.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/01/2019 09:28:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1028522

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 make it his policy to seek to secure a ring-fenced agreement with the EU on citizens rights even if no agreement on other matters related to the UK leaving the EU can be concluded and ratified by 29 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	203913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s approach throughout this process has been to seek to agree all of the issues related to our withdrawal from the European Union. The agreement that we have reached on citizens’ rights is the only way of fully protecting the rights of all citizens.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that EU citizens resident in the UK by the 29 March will be able to stay and have their rights protected. We published the Citizens’ rights: EU citizens and UK nationals policy paper on 6 December, which sets out further details of our offer to citizens in a no deal.</p><p>We are engaging Member States and urging them to reciprocate this offer for UK citizens in full.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 07/01/2019 11:04:50 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1027555

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice over the rights of EU citizens will end.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	203244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>At the end of the implementation period, the jurisdiction of the CJEU will end. The Withdrawal Agreement ensures that the UK’s membership of the EU, and the CJEU’s jurisdiction in the UK, is wound down in a sensible and orderly way. In keeping with this, and in the interests of ensuring citizens’ rights are interpreted consistently, the UK has agreed that a very narrow group of issues will be able to be referred to the CJEU for an interpretation, having due regard to whether relevant case law already exists.</p><p>For questions that relate to the settled status of EU citizens, UK courts will be able to refer questions of interpretation to the CJEU eight years from exit day, because settled status applications will be made from exit day. They will be able to refer questions that relate to other aspects of the citizens’ rights part of the agreement for eight years from the end of the implementation period, as those other aspects will only apply from the end of the implementation period.</p><p>In practical terms, this is a very limited role: our courts currently only refer two or three of this kind of case to the CJEU every year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/01/2019 11:22:52 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1027559

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Department for Exiting the European Union: Migrant Workers
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 he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the £65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	203248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government currently does not plan to pay the Settled Status Fee for its non-UK EU citizen employees. The fee is set at an affordable rate (£65), less than the cost of a UK passport. Outsourced workers are not employees of the Department and therefore this would be a decision for their employers.</p><p>The number of non-UK EU citizens employed across the Civil Service is not consistently collected across Government. It is therefore not possible to estimate the cost of paying the settled status fee for non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the department.</p><p>We value the significant contribution made by EU citizens working in the Civil Service and we want these colleagues to continue to play a full role in the work of the Civil Service. We are committed to supporting our EU citizen employees across the Civil Service; the important engagement with EU national networks across government will continue over the coming months.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that, in a no deal scenario, the EU Settlement Scheme will continue to be implemented, enabling EU citizens and their family members living in the UK by 29 March 2019 to secure their status and continue to be able to work, study, and access benefits and services in the UK. The scheme will be fully open by 30 March 2019 as planned.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/01/2019 15:05:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1022867

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Port of Dover: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 196873 on Dover Port: Domestic Visits, if he will publish the dates of visits to the port of Dover by his predecessors.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	200678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The previous Secretary of States did not visit the Port of Dover. 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.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2018 09:06:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1022870

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Port of Dover: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 196873 on Dover Port: Domestic Visits, if he will publish (a) dates and (b) details of the 19 port visits by Ministers of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	200679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>DExEU ministers have undertaken 24 visits to 20 ports since the department started:</p><p /> <p>06/10/2016 - David Jones - Manchester Airport</p><p>06/10/2016 - Lord Bridges - Port of Tilbury</p><p>01/11/2016 - Lord Bridges - Port of Felixstowe</p><p>20/12/2016 - David Jones - Port of Southampton</p><p>29/03/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Southampton</p><p>21/12/2016 - David Jones - Port of Liverpool</p><p>21/12/2016 - David Jones - Liverpool John Lennon Airport</p><p>31/07/2017 - Robin Walker - Poole Harbour</p><p>28/09/2017 - Robin Walker - Belfast Harbour</p><p>26/01/2018 - David Davies - Teesport</p><p>10/04/2018 - Suella Braverman - Heathrow Airport</p><p>03/09/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Heathrow Airport</p><p>24/04/2018 - Suella Braverman - Eurotunnel</p><p>24/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Eurotunnel</p><p>14/05/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Dover</p><p>24/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Port of Dover</p><p>01/06/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Immingham</p><p>01/06/2018 - Suella Braverman - Port of Grimsby</p><p>20/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - East Midlands Airport</p><p>17/08/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - DP World London Gateway</p><p>04/10/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Port of Holyhead</p><p>12/10/2018 - Chris Heaton-Harris - Portsmouth International Port</p><p>02/11/2018 - Dominic Raab - Warrenpoint Harbour</p><p>02/11/2018 - Dominic Raab - Port of Larne</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/12/2018 15:38:08 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown