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registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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 Union
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 20 November (HL2789), whether they will now answer the question originally asked namely, "whether they will consider recommending withdrawal from the European Union if their objectives cannot be met through negotiations".
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 20 November, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA131.</p><p>The Government’s position remains the same: the European Union must reform to become more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. The need for reform is widely acknowledged amongst the EU Institutions and other Member States.</p><p>The UK’s membership of the EU brings many benefits to the UK, including jobs and investment; a strong collective voice to negotiate free trade agreements; and greater international influence on global threats such as climate change and Ebola.</p><p>This was demonstrated at the recent European Council last October where EU leaders agreed to the 2030 climate and energy policy framework– the world’s most ambitious targets so far – as well as agreeing to increase EU financial help to fight Ebola to €1 billion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 16:56:56 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

147375

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	European Union
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 24 October (HL2132), whether there are any similar investment protection treaties between the European Union and other countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL2779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>A large number of EU treaties offer some level of protection to investors or investment. All of these are publically available and can be found on the EUR-lex database of law at <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 24/11/2014 13:31:16 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

147385

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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 Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 3 November (HL2246, HL2247 and HL2249) concerning the repatriation of powers from the European Union to the United Kingdom, whether they will consider recommending withdrawal from the European Union if their objectives cannot be met through negotiation.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government’s position is clear: the European Union must reform to become more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. The need for reform is widely recognised among EU Member States and the UK Government has already shown that it is possible, such as through cutting the EU budget and ending the UK’s bailout obligations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/11/2014 14:42:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

105765

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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 Union
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 24 October 2014 (HL2132), whether there are any investment protection treaties between the European Union and other countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL2580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text No investment protection treaties are currently in force between the European Union and other countries. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/11/2014 16:06:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

105802

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost of contributions paid by the United Kingdom to European Union programmes falling outside the European Union budget in the years 2010–13 inclusive; what is the estimated total for 2014; and how those contributions are financed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK has contributed £1,587 million to the European Development Fund 2010-2013 inclusive. The estimated total for 2014 is £326 million, subject to exchange rates. The contributions are financed from the DFID budget.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/11/2014 17:24:51 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon