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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-05-01more like thismore than 2019-05-01
answering body
Department for Exiting the European Union more like this
answering dept id 203 remove filter
answering dept short name Exiting the European Union more like this
answering dept sort name Exiting the European Union more like this
hansard heading European Union: Treaties more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many of the protocols or joint interpretive instruments annexed to EU treaties to which the UK is party have been the subject of specific parliamentary approval and have legally binding status equivalent to the relevant treaty. more like this
tabling member constituency Belfast North more like this
tabling member printed
Nigel Dodds more like this
uin 249861 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-05-15more like thismore than 2019-05-15
answer text <p>The Protocols and Annexes to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (as amended) “form an integral part thereof” as set out in Article 51 of the TEU i.e. they have the same legal status as the Treaties.</p><p>Joint or unilateral interpretative statements annexed to treaties are relevant to the interpretation of those treaties in accordance with article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and have binding legal force where they are accepted by the parties.</p><p>When Parliament approved the UK’s accession to the EU it approved accession to all existing EU Treaties as described in part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Communities Act 1972. Thereafter, Parliament also approved all subsequent Treaties (including protocols or annexes thereto) amending the TEU or the TFEU as described in the definition of “the Treaties” or “the EU Treaties” set out in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Braintree more like this
answering member printed James Cleverly more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-05-15T14:28:14.247Zmore like thismore than 2019-05-15T14:28:14.247Z
answering member
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label Biography information for James Cleverly more like this
tabling member
1388
label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn more like this