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1045440

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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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek an extension to Article 50; and if so, until what date.
tabling member printed	Lord Dykes
uin	HL12976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to leaving the EU on 29 March 2019. In any case, the EU are very unlikely simply to agree to extend Article 50 without a plan for how we are going to approve a deal.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/02/2019 16:54:08 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	810 label Biography information for Lord Dykes

1045460

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	EU Presidency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the EU General Affairs Council meeting on 8 January, what assessment they have made of the presidency's priorities and focus on building a more cohesive EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL12996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is supporting Romania in its first Presidency of the Council of the European Union. We welcome the broad theme of cohesion which will underpin the Romanian Presidency’s four planned priority areas. On the priority of Converging Europe, the UK Government welcomes the Presidency’s prioritisation of these proposals and believes in the benefits of an open, flexible market with a regulatory framework that reflects the dynamic nature of the digital economy and increases cross-border e-commerce. On a safer Europe, the UK is unconditionally committed to ensuring European security. We support the Presidency’s desire to implement plans to counter terrorism, deliver on the European Agenda on migration and promote cyber-security. On Europe, a stronger global actor, the UK Government looks forward to cooperating with the Presidency on its work with the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership regions. Finally, on a Europe of common values, the UK places great importance in supporting the countering of misinformation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/02/2019 15:18:43 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

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

1045668

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, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	210721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to plan for all eventualities. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State remain in regular contact and, along with the rest of Cabinet, agreed to progress with the next phase of our no deal plans. The Chancellor remains committed, allocating £1.5billion for EU Exit preparations in all scenarios in 2018/19 and 2019/20; this was subsequently increased by £0.5bn for 2019/20 in the 2018 Budget, meaning the government will have invested over £4 billion in preparing for EU exit since 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/01/2019 16:45:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1045669

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, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterpart on extending Article 50.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	210722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her statement to the House on Monday 21st January, the Government is opposed to extending Article 50 and we are committed to leaving the EU on 29 March 2019. In any case, the EU are very unlikely simply to agree to extend Article 50 without a plan for how we are going to approve a deal.</p><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2019 12:18:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1042993

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	Brexit: Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March have been prepared in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance on consultation principles; and what alternative processes were used for those instruments not prepared in accordance with this guidance.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL12943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Departments use existing <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consultation-principles-guidance" target="_blank">Cabinet Office principles on consultation</a> for EU Exit SIs and non-exit SIs.</p><p>The government has laid 331 EU Exit SIs so far. Details of any consultations undertaken are explained in all SI’s accompanying Explanatory Memoranda. These can be found on gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/01/2019 17:26:18 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1042994

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	Brexit: Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are producing statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March which include a number of policy areas consolidated in the instrument; and how they came to that decision.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL12944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>All EU exit statutory instruments help provide certainty for businesses and the public by ensuring a functioning statute book when the UK leaves the EU. The majority are needed in either a deal or no deal scenario, as they will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March.</p><p>The Leader of the House of Commons and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union wrote to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on 19 November updating the Committee on secondary legislation. They explained that in some cases, departments have combined measures to form coherent packages in order to aid public understanding. This letter was published in the Committee’s 43rd report of this session.</p><p>Departments continue to refine the drafting and policy content of each SI. All secondary legislation - not least that relating to exiting the EU - has to be accessible and usable. In some cases having a number of separate instruments that are closely related or cross-cutting would be to the detriment of that.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/01/2019 17:19:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1042995

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	Brexit: Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance has been given to Government departments on conducting impact assessments on statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL12945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Departments have been provided with guidance that the impact of EU Exit Statutory Instruments (SIs) should be assessed in line with standard practice by following the existing <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-regulation-framework" target="_blank">Better Regulation Framework</a>, in accordance with HM Treasury’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent" target="_blank">Green Book</a> guidance. This includes SIs that are being introduced to fix deficiencies to allow current systems or regulatory provisions to operate following the EU (Withdrawal) Act or following a no deal scenario.</p><p>All EU Exit SIs are published on gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk and where appropriate, impact assessments are published alongside them and detailed in the explanatory memoranda.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/01/2019 16:59:26 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1042996

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	Brexit: Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Government departments are allowed to make use of non-disclosure agreements when consulting outside interests on the preparation of statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL12946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Government departments may make use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when structuring their engagements on preparations for leaving the EU, which is a crucial component of planning. It is for departments to determine the manner in which engagement with stakeholders takes place and this can include discussions about statutory instruments (SIs).</p><p>Given the sensitive nature of some discussions, there may be limited circumstances in which departments have used NDAs to enable more stakeholder engagement than would otherwise be the case.</p><p>All the SIs help provide certainty for businesses and the public by ensuring a functioning statute book when the UK leaves the EU. The majority are needed in either a deal or no deal scenario, as they will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/01/2019 17:00:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner