To ask Her Majesty's Government for each Government department, from January to June,
on how many occasions the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution was overridden in (1) the House
of Lords, and (2) the House of Commons; and in respect of how many documents an override
occurred in (a) both Houses, (b) the House of Lords, and (c) the House of Commons.
<p>Between January and June 2019, 414 Explanatory Memoranda on EU proposals and other
documents were submitted for scrutiny.</p><p>During this period there were 37 occasions
when the Government supported decisions in the EU Council of Ministers before parliamentary
scrutiny procedures had been completed. In compiling these statistics a further 4
overrides were identified which were not included in the previous written answer for
the period July-December 2018 (HL13200). They are included in this latest table.</p><p>As
with previous six-monthly periods, the largest category of instruments were fast-moving
and sensitive Common Foreign and Security Policy/EU restrictive measures proposals
where there were 32 such instruments adopted before scrutiny could be completed.</p><p>The
figures requested are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>(1
& b). House of Lords override</p></td><td><p>(2 & c). House Commons override</p></td><td><p>(a).No.
of overrides in both Houses at same time</p></td><td><p>Total no. of overrides</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet
Office</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>Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs</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>Foreign
and Commonwealth Office*</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM
Revenue & Customs</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>Transport</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>HM
Treasury</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home
Office**</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>Totals</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*3
overrides occurred between July-December 2018</p><p>**Override occurred between July-December
2018</p><p> </p>
To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each government department, from July to December
2018, on how many occasions the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution was overridden in (1)
the House of Lords, and (2) the House of Commons; and in respect of how many documents
an override occurred in (a) both Houses, (b) the House of Lords, and (c) the House
of Commons.
<p>Between July and December 2018, 350 Explanatory Memoranda on EU proposals and other
documents were submitted for scrutiny.</p><p>Across both Houses there were 35 occasions
when the Government supported decisions in the EU Council of Ministers before the
scrutiny procedures had been completed.</p><p>As with previous six-monthly periods,
the largest category of instruments were fast-moving and sensitive Common Foreign
and Security Policy/EU restrictive measures proposals where there were 27 such instruments
adopted before scrutiny could be completed.</p><p>The figures requested are set out
below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>(1 & b).
House of Lords override</p></td><td><p>(2 & c). House Commons override</p></td><td><p>(a).No.
of overrides in both Houses at same time</p></td><td><p>Total no. of overrides</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy</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>Cabinet
Office</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>Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs</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>Foreign
and Commonwealth Office</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM
Treasury</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>