The Government's objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day. As I have said previously in correspondence to the Procedure Committee and the European Statutory Instrument Committee, departments have taken steps to prioritise the statutory instruments (SIs) that were essential to achieving this. These considerations and assessments made by individual departments have meant that we have been able to lay over 90% of the secondary legislation required before we exit the EU. SIs that Departments deem to be non-essential, or where alternative powers already exist, have been deprioritised. Any SIs that fall into this category and are still required but not before Exit Day, will be laid before Parliament and Members will have the opportunity to scrutinise them in the normal way.<\/p>
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The Government's objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day. As I have said previously in correspondence to the Procedure Committee and the European Statutory Instrument Committee, departments have taken steps to prioritise the statutory instruments (SIs) that were essential to achieving this. These considerations and assessments made by individual departments have meant that we have been able to lay over 90% of the secondary legislation required before we exit the EU. SIs that Departments deem to be non-essential, or where alternative powers already exist, have been deprioritised. Any SIs that fall into this category and are still required but not before Exit Day, will be laid before Parliament and Members will have the opportunity to scrutinise them in the normal way.<\/p>
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The Government's objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day. As I have said previously in correspondence to the Procedure Committee and the European Statutory Instrument Committee, departments have taken steps to prioritise the statutory instruments (SIs) that were essential to achieving this. These considerations and assessments made by individual departments have meant that we have been able to lay over 90% of the secondary legislation required before we exit the EU. SIs that Departments deem to be non-essential, or where alternative powers already exist, have been deprioritised. Any SIs that fall into this category and are still required but not before Exit Day, will be laid before Parliament and Members will have the opportunity to scrutinise them in the normal way.<\/p>
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Over 480 exit related statutory instruments (80% of the up to 600 expected by exit day) have been laid. Votes and Proceedings<\/a> provides the lists of SIs that have been approved by the House.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many EU-exit related statutory instruments have been approved.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/16", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve"}
}
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], "uin" : "228534"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1082391", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1082391/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government expects to make up to 600 statutory instruments by exit day.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate the Government has made of the number of EU-exit related statutory instruments that are required to be approved by 29 March.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/16", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Dominic Grieve"}
], "uin" : "228535"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042993", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042993/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Departments use existing Cabinet Office principles on consultation<\/a> for EU Exit SIs and non-exit SIs.<\/p> The government has laid 331 EU Exit SIs so far. Details of any consultations undertaken are explained in all SI\u2019s accompanying Explanatory Memoranda. These can be found on gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4336", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Callanan"}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Callanan"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March have been prepared in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance on consultation principles; and what alternative processes were used for those instruments not prepared in accordance with this guidance.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1732", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Warner"}
}
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], "uin" : "HL12943"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042994", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042994/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " All EU exit statutory instruments help provide certainty for businesses and the public by ensuring a functioning statute book when the UK leaves the EU. The majority are needed in either a deal or no deal scenario, as they will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March.<\/p> The Leader of the House of Commons and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union wrote to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on 19 November updating the Committee on secondary legislation. They explained that in some cases, departments have combined measures to form coherent packages in order to aid public understanding. This letter was published in the Committee\u2019s 43rd report of this session.<\/p> Departments continue to refine the drafting and policy content of each SI. All secondary legislation - not least that relating to exiting the EU - has to be accessible and usable. In some cases having a number of separate instruments that are closely related or cross-cutting would be to the detriment of that.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Callanan"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are producing statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March which include a number of policy areas consolidated in the instrument; and how they came to that decision.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1732", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Warner"}
}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Warner"}
], "uin" : "HL12944"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042995", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042995/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Departments have been provided with guidance that the impact of EU Exit Statutory Instruments (SIs) should be assessed in line with standard practice by following the existing Better Regulation Framework<\/a>, in accordance with HM Treasury\u2019s Green Book<\/a> guidance. This includes SIs that are being introduced to fix deficiencies to allow current systems or regulatory provisions to operate following the EU (Withdrawal) Act or following a no deal scenario.<\/p> All EU Exit SIs are published on gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk and where appropriate, impact assessments are published alongside them and detailed in the explanatory memoranda.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance has been given to Government departments on conducting impact assessments on statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1732", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Warner"}
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], "uin" : "HL12945"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042996", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042996/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Government departments may make use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when structuring their engagements on preparations for leaving the EU, which is a crucial component of planning. It is for departments to determine the manner in which engagement with stakeholders takes place and this can include discussions about statutory instruments (SIs).<\/p> Given the sensitive nature of some discussions, there may be limited circumstances in which departments have used NDAs to enable more stakeholder engagement than would otherwise be the case.<\/p> All the SIs help provide certainty for businesses and the public by ensuring a functioning statute book when the UK leaves the EU. The majority are needed in either a deal or no deal scenario, as they will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4336", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Callanan"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Government departments are allowed to make use of non-disclosure agreements when consulting outside interests on the preparation of statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1732", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Warner"}
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