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date	09/03/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	European Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the European Council has made on the commitment in its conclusions of 27 June 2014 to consider the process for the appointment of the President of the European Commission for the future; and what assessment he has made of the role of Spitzenkandidaten in deciding the president of the Commission; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	30571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The European Council has not yet held substantive discussions on this point of the conclusions of 27 June 2014. The Treaties clearly set out the roles the European Council and the European Parliament respectively play in the process of selecting the president of the European Commission. The Government’s view remains that, in accordance with the Treaties, only the European Council has the prerogative to propose the president of the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/03/2016 16:47:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington previous answer version 51160 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

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registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	European Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 29 January (HL4232), whether they exercise any control of, or issue any guidance about, the extent to which United Kingdom members of the European Commission should express their personal opinions; and if so, in what terms.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Ludgate
uin	HL4780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2015 answer text <p>There is no specific control or guidance regarding the extent to which members of the Commission should express their personal opinions.</p><p>The Code of Conduct for European Commissioners makes clear that Commissioners retain the right to express their personal opinions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/02/2015 14:12:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate