The UK Government is committed to involving the Overseas Territories as we prepare to exit the EU, and ensuring their interests are properly taken into account.<\/p>
UK Ministers and leaders of the Overseas Territories have committed to taking forward future engagement through the creation of the UK \u2013 Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on European Negotiations.<\/p>
The JMC met for the first time on 6-7 February 2017, chaired jointly by myself, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union, and Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay, and discussed a range of issues of interest to the Overseas Territories.
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The Government has been conducting a programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work that will help define our partnership with the EU, and inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK\u2019s domestic policies and frameworks. Parliament has voted repeatedly not to publish detail which could undermine UK's position in our negotiations with the EU and the Government will repeat repeat that decision.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Worcester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robin Walker"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-04-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-04-27T09:19:55.203Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "203"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Exiting the European Union"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Exiting the European Union"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-04-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government plans to publish a regulatory impact assessment for the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/577", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Salmond"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gordon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alex Salmond"} ], "uin" : "71825"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/723960", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/723960/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government has been clear that we should always put citizens first. This was reflected in the Prime Minister\u2019s letter to the President of the European Council confirming the Government\u2019s decision to invoke Article 50. We want to strike an early agreement about the rights of EU nationals in the UK and UK nationals in the EU and made clear that we would have been happy to do so in advance of negotiations. We will look to prioritise this issue as soon as negotiations begin.
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The future of our relationship with the European Medicines Agency, and any potential effects on the wider health and life sciences sector, is subject to the outcome of the withdrawal negotiations. We have been clear that we will secure a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom.
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It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/p>
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Since the EU referendum, Ministers from across Government have met civil society organisations and businesses from every sector. Ministers from the Department for Exiting the European Union have played an active part in this effort, engaging with businesses in every sector cluster and visiting every region of the UK, including Bristol, to hear and understand their priorities for our exit negotiations. This is part of our commitment to build a national consensus on our negotiating position. Government has regular engagement with the core cities as part of its wider work with local communities and organisations.<\/p>
Details of Ministerial meetings are published in the Department for Exiting the European Union\u2019s quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on Gov.uk.<\/p>
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The department has sourced a large proportion of experienced staff from across Whitehall and a number of secondees from the private sector and the wider public sector. We are not in a position to give a final total for particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.<\/p>
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It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Worcester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robin Walker"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-04-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-04-27T09:26:36.047Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "203"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Exiting the European Union"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Exiting the European Union"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "European Medicines Agency: Staff"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many people are employed by the European Medicines Agency; and how many of those people are British citizens.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4489", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Berry"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston and Surbiton"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "James Berry"} ], "uin" : "71445"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/723074", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/723074/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "