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1047775

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Health Services
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 of the health sector on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	212438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department engages extensively with the health sector.</p><p>We meet with industry leaders and groups including the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the UK Bioindustry Association to understand their priorities.</p><p>I regularly meet those from the health and life sciences sector along with supporting industries.</p><p>Leaving in an orderly way with a deal would provide clarity for the sector, including exploring the possibility of cooperation in the European Medicines Agency.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 29/01/2019 09:55:51 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1045786

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	UK Relations with EU
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 the Government has taken to consult the devolved administrations on the UK's future relationship with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	908757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>UK Ministers meet regularly with Ministers from the Scottish and Welsh governments, through JMC (EU Negotiations), JMC (Europe), the Ministerial Forum (EU Negotiations), as well as bilateral and trilateral meetings. In the absence of an Executive, we also engage at an official level with the Northern Ireland Civil Service.</p><p>Yesterday the Prime Minister met with the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales as part of ongoing discussions to find a consensus around the terms of the UK’s exit from the EU. Both Ministers have been invited by the Prime Minister to attend all relevant meetings of a new Cabinet sub-committee that will bring together work on preparations for the UK’s exit from the EU, spanning both deal and no deal outcomes.</p><p>This builds on the increasing engagement in recent months between the UK government and the devolved administrations and our commitment to give them an enhanced role in the next phase of the Brexit process, respecting their vital interests in these negotiations.</p><p>UK Ministers will attend the next meeting of the Ministerial Forum (EU Negotiations) in Scotland next week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2019 16:47:08 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1045489

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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, if he will list in full the UK's (a) financial and (b) legal obligations to the EU in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	210681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Agreement establishes the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU, settling the UK’s financial and legal rights and obligations on withdrawal and providing an orderly transition to the future relationship. The Government has set out a reasonable central estimate of the financial settlement in the Withdrawal Agreement of £35bn to £39bn, which the 20 April 2018 National Audit Office report ‘Exiting the EU: The financial settlement’ concluded was reasonable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2019 17:32:44 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1045667

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Customs Unions
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK negotiating a permanent UK-EU customs union.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	210720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>We will not enter a Customs Union because it would not respect the result of the referendum and would not allow for an independent trade policy. The partnership we are seeking with the EU will include an ambitious customs arrangement between the UK and EU, and the trading relationship on goods will be as ambitious as possible. There will be no tariffs, fees, charges, or quotas.</p><p>Both the EU and UK have been clear that our future partnership will respect the development of an independent UK trade policy beyond the economic partnership with the EU.</p><p>This would not be possible in the customs union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2019 16:43:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1043023

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) EU representatives on holding European parliamentary elections in the UK in 2019 in the event that the UK's withdrawal from the EU is delayed.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	209747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the UK will cease to be a member of the European Union on 29 March 2019. After this date the UK will no longer have Members of the European Parliament. The Secretary of State has therefore not had discussions with Cabinet colleagues and EU representatives on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/01/2019 15:30:01 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1038974

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Emigration: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, in which European Union member states do British citizens have to register their details with the Government upon moving to that country.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	207280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Each Member State implements the permanent residence requirements of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) differently and information is not held centrally on the fees charged for equivalent documents. For example, the Netherlands currently charge €51 for permanent residency, and this charge will remain the same for obtaining a status under the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Country-specific information, where available, is detailed in the ‘Living in Guides’ which you can find at:</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx</a></p><p>The Free Movement Directive sets out the registration requirements and the rules of charging for permanent residence that Member States must follow in their processes.</p><p>Under this Directive, a Member State can require a person living there for more than three months to register within a time frame, which should be no less than three months from the date of their arrival. The Directive also states that a citizen’s possession of such registration documents cannot be a precondition for exercising their Treaty rights. It provides that all documents, including registration certificates and permanent residence documents, shall be issued free of charge or for a charge that is no more than that which nationals of the Member State pay for a similar documents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 207281 question first answered 16/01/2019 16:24:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1038975

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Emigration: EU Countries
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 financial costs are for a British citizen to acquire a permanent resident permit or the equivalent of such document in each European Union member state.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	207281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Each Member State implements the permanent residence requirements of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) differently and information is not held centrally on the fees charged for equivalent documents. For example, the Netherlands currently charge €51 for permanent residency, and this charge will remain the same for obtaining a status under the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Country-specific information, where available, is detailed in the ‘Living in Guides’ which you can find at:</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx</a></p><p>The Free Movement Directive sets out the registration requirements and the rules of charging for permanent residence that Member States must follow in their processes.</p><p>Under this Directive, a Member State can require a person living there for more than three months to register within a time frame, which should be no less than three months from the date of their arrival. The Directive also states that a citizen’s possession of such registration documents cannot be a precondition for exercising their Treaty rights. It provides that all documents, including registration certificates and permanent residence documents, shall be issued free of charge or for a charge that is no more than that which nationals of the Member State pay for a similar documents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 207280 question first answered 16/01/2019 16:24:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1038976

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Emigration: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what are the financial costs for a British citizen to become a citizen of each European Union member state.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	207282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Rules surrounding the acquisition of citizenship in each European Union Member State, including cost, is a matter for that Member State’s authorities. Country-specific information on the cost of citizenship, where available, is given via the ‘Living in Guides’ which you can find at: <a href="https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx</a>. For instance, currently the cost of citizenship in Germany is €255 per person or, for children who are naturalised together with their parents, it is €51 per child.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/01/2019 10:46:00 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1037991

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: 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, at how many (a) official level and (b) ministerial level meetings between the Government and the EU the Northern Ireland backstop has been discussed; and who has attended each meeting.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Negotiations between the UK and EU were ongoing throughout last year. These negotiations involved both officials and Ministers. They included discussions about setting out a legally operative backstop, as part of the Government’s commitment to avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and as set out in the December 2017 Joint Report.</p><p>The outcome of those discussions is reflected in the draft Withdrawal Agreement laid before Parliament on 26 November. This guarantees that 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, while maintaining the economic and constitutional integrity of the UK.</p><p>As the Government has made clear, however, this would be an insurance policy that neither the UK nor the EU expects to use. We fully expect to bring into force our future relationship or alternative arrangements, which would guarantee no hard border on a permanent basis, by the end of the Implementation Period that the Withdrawal Agreement provides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 16/01/2019 15:53:38 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

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