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<p>Between July and December 2016, 557 Explanatory Memoranda on EU documents were
submitted for scrutiny.</p><p>Across both Houses there were 33 occasions when the
Government supported decisions in the EU Council of Ministers before the scrutiny
procedures had been completed by either one or both Scrutiny Committees.</p><p>In
each case the Government explained to the Scrutiny Committees why it was important
for the proposal to be supported before clearance had been provided. As with previous
six-monthly periods, the largest category of instrument were fast-moving and sensitive
EU restrictive measures where there were 22 such instruments (67% of the total number)
adopted before scrutiny could be completed.</p><p>The figures requested are set out
below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>(1). House of Lords Override</p></td><td><p>(2).
House of Commons override</p></td><td><p>(1). No. of overrides in both Houses</p></td><td><p>(2).
Total no. of overrides</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Culture,
Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign
and Commonwealth Office*</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>26*</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM
Treasury**</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International
Trade</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>* In addition to the formal overrides listed here, there were 40 occasions
when Council Decisions were adopted prior to scrutiny by the House of Commons European
Scrutiny Committee due to their limite marking (ie internal EU limited distribution
marking for content not intended to be in the public domain).</p><p>** An override
on the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices
that directly affect the functioning of the internal market, was identified to have
occurred at the 27 June 2016 ECOFIN, after the answer had been published for the override
figures for January-June 2016 (HL 1405).</p><p> </p>
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