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>
To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each government department, from January to June
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 January and June 2018, 572 Explanatory Memoranda on EU proposals and other
documents were submitted for scrutiny.</p><p><strong> </strong></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><strong> </strong></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><strong>
</strong></p><p>The figures requested are set out below:</p><p><strong> </strong></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>Department
for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</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>Foreign
and Commonwealth Office</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p>
To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each government department, from July to December
2017, 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 2017, 508 EU proposals and other documents were submitted
for scrutiny. <br><br>Across both Houses there were 95 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. <br><br>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. This period of reporting coincided
with the extended period in the new Parliament before the European Scrutiny Committee
in the House of Commons was re-appointed on 30 October 2017 and only began meeting
again on 13 November to scrutinise documents. As with previous six-monthly periods,
the largest category of instrument was fast-moving and sensitive CFSP and EU restrictive
measures where there were 66 such instruments adopted before scrutiny could be completed.
<br><br>The figures requested are set out below:<br><br></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>(1
& b). House of Lords override</p></td><td><p>(2 & c). House of Commons override</p></td><td><p>(a).
No. of overrides in both Houses at the 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>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence</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>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign
and Commonwealth Office</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International
Development</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>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>HM
Revenue and Customs</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>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work
and Pensions</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>63</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p>
