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391805

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the Conclusions of the European Council of 25 and 26 June 2015 paragraph 14 relating to the UK's EU renegotiation programme, what technical work the Council plans to undertake before it reports back in December; what the (a) composition and (b) mandate of the working group is; and whether it is planned that national parliaments will be able to contribute to the work of that group.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	8302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>Following agreement at the June European Council, discussions on the UK's renegotiation have begun. These discussions should be led by substance, not schedule, and we expect the technical discussions to take several months. The Government will keep Parliament informed.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/09/2015 14:04:45 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

391806

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts about amending article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to ensure that it cannot be used as a legal basis for Eurozone bailouts.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	8301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>As part of our wider discussions on reform, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon.Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), and I have raised our concerns over economic governance with our counterparts, including the need to ensure that countries outside the Eurozone are not held liable for issues within it.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/09/2015 14:03:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

391807

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which EU treaty articles would need to be amended or deleted in order to allow the UK not to be bound by the current or future EU social and employment legislation or rulings of the European Court of Justice in the same area.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	8300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>EU social and employment provisions are based on a number of treaty articles and are also contained in areas of secondary legislation made under the treaties. For example, Article 21 TFEU promotes the free movement of persons. Article 45 provides for the free movement of workers. Article 46 provides for secondary legislation to bring this about. And Article 48 provides for secondary measures in the field of social security including the payment of benefits to persons resident in the Member States. Regulation 883/2004 sets rules on Social Security Coordination, while the Residence Directive 2004/38/EC sets out measures on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the Union. The number of articles or pieces of secondary legislation needing review would depend on the nature of any changes a Member State sought to achieve. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that there are four areas where the UK is seeking change: sovereignty, economic governance, competitiveness and immigration. The Prime Minister is confident that, with goodwill and understanding, he can and will succeed in negotiating to reform the EU and Britain's relationship within it. As he has said, if he succeeds he will campaign to keep the UK in a reformed European Union.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/09/2015 12:33:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

390304

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff are working on the European renegotiation strategy.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	7474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), is leading the renegotiation, but the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) and I play an important role. Departments including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are staffing this appropriately.</p><p>Since he took office in 2014, the Foreign Secretary has visited nearly all EU capitals and held meetings with MEPs, Commissioners, Foreign Ministers and a wide range of opinion formers across the EU.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/07/2015 16:21:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

387597

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers the Government proposes to repatriate from the competence of the EU; and what EU Treaty provisions and legislative measures he proposes should be altered as part of such repatriation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has set out the four areas where we seek to address the concerns of the British public: sovereignty, fairness, competitiveness and immigration. Following the June European Council, technical discussions are taking place. The Council has agreed to revert to the issue at the December European Council.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/07/2015 14:40:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387038

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether it is legally possible for each other EU member state to commit to a future change to the Lisbon Treaty before formal processes to agree those changes have been gone through in each of those countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Ms Gisela Stuart
uin	5191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The process for amending the EU Treaties is set out in Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union. The representatives of the Member State governments agree the amendments which then need to be ratified by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that the EU reforms that we seek must be legally binding and irreversible and that there must be an agreement to change the treaties before the referendum in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/07/2015 15:59:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	296 label Biography information for Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

386650

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on reform of (a) EU Social Policy, (b) EU Employment Policy, (c) the free movement of labour within the EU and (e) EU red tape and regulation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear on the need to reform EU laws to reduce the incentives which have led to mass immigration from Europe, increase economic competitiveness and cut red tape to create jobs and growth for hard working families.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/07/2015 14:38:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

384702

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what ways the Balance of Competences review on the EU has informed the Government's negotiating position on EU reform.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	3586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East to the answer I gave on 17 June 2015 to PQ1804. The Review received over 2300 evidence contributions from a wide range of groups and individuals and has been commended by the House of Lords. Much of this evidence supports the Government’s EU reform agenda.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/06/2015 14:58:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

349786

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what key issues relating to EU reform the Government has identified from the Balance of Competences review.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	1804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text The review reinforces the case for EU reform. This includes a broader and deeper Single Market, greater competitiveness and flexibility, better (and less) regulation and more transparent and accountable institutions and processes. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/06/2015 14:02:45 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

349787

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his objectives are for negotiations with representatives of the EU and EU member state governments on EU reform.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	1805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has already been clear about areas where he wants to see reform. These include: reforming welfare; increasing economic competitiveness to create jobs and growth; protecting Britain's interests outside the euro; and dealing with the idea of Ever Closer Union – which may be right for others but is not right for Britain.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/06/2015 14:03:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown