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>
