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date	01/05/2019
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 Union: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	249861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 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> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/05/2019 14:28:14 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1124365

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	Department for Exiting the European Union: Emerdata
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's associated public bodies have entered into contracts with Emerdata Limited in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	250042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>No contracts have been entered into with Emerdata Limited in the last year.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/05/2019 10:57:12 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1124408

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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: Demonstrations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sources of funding for the anti-Brexit demonstrations outside Parliament; and whether any such sources are not based in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL15457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>It is not the Department’s role to assess the sources of funding for those who choose to hold demonstrations, whether or not that funding originates in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/05/2019 12:13:38 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1124424

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	Committee of Permanent Representatives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) in the EU law-making process; and whether its deliberations take place in secret.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL15473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The role of COREPER is stipulated in the EU Treaties (Article 16(7) TEU and in Article 240(1) TFEU) and in the publicly available Rules of Procedure of the Council.</p><p>In accordance with Article 19(1) of the Council Rules of Procedure, COREPER prepares the work of the Council, carries out the tasks assigned to it by the Council and ensures consistency of the EU’s policies and actions.</p><p>COREPER meetings are not held in public but agendas and records of its meetings are published on the Council website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/05/2019 12:04:45 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch