Scotland Office<p>I discuss the benefits of boosting the competitiveness of the UK economy whilst maintaining high standards, including by reforming retained EU law, with my Cabinet colleagues on a regular basis.</p>Dumfries and GallowayMr Alister Jack2022-09-08false2022-09-08T15:30:47.223Z2ScotlandScotland2022-09-02EU Law1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Prime Minister on legislative proposals for the amendment of retained EU law.falseDundee EastStewart Hosie45750Scotland Office<p>I discuss the benefits of boosting the competitiveness of the UK economy whilst maintaining high standards, including by reforming retained EU law, with my Cabinet colleagues on a regular basis.</p>Dumfries and GallowayMr Alister Jack2022-09-08false2022-09-08T15:31:18.84Z2ScotlandScotland2022-09-02EU Law1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Minister for Brexit Opportunities on legislative proposals for the amendment of retained EU law.falseDundee EastStewart Hosie45751Ministry of Justice<p>We are currently reviewing each piece of retained EU law for which the Ministry of Justice is responsible to decide whether it should remain on the statute book, and if so whether it should in due course be amended using powers in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, or whether it should be left to sunset.</p>Lord Bellamy2023-02-02false2023-02-02T11:55:11.26Z54JusticeJustice2023-01-26EU Law2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government which retained EU laws the Ministry of Justice is planning to reform or revoke in the event of a passage into law of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.falseLord Weir of BallyholmeHL5169Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office<p>The FCDO does not collate centrally and specifically documentation relating to negotiations at EU level over reducing costs of draft EU legislation. The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, His Majesty's Government at the time was a supporter of EU better regulation initiatives, an objective of which was the reduction of unnecessary regulatory costs arising from EU legislation.</p>AldershotLeo Docherty2023-04-24false2023-04-24T16:09:09.63Z208Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office2023-04-14EU Law1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what documents relating to negotiations at EU level over reducing costs of draft EU legislation where held at the UK Representation to the EU from 2010 until the UK's departure from the EU.falseSouth Holland and The DeepingsSir John Hayes180243Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office<p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2023-10-26false2023-10-26T11:15:19.663Z208Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office2023-10-17EU Law2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government which cases against His Majesty’s Government for breaches of EU law and regulations are currently ongoing.falseLord Weir of BallyholmeHL10643Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold this information centrally. The European Union (EU) website provides information on EU legislation including the number of regulations, directives and decisions adopted by the EU. This information is available by month and by year.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2019-03-21false2019-03-21T14:42:30.297Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2019-03-12EU Law2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government how many pieces of EU legislation have been passed as "A" items in the Council of Ministers in each of the last ten years.falseLord Pearson of RannochHL14470Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation can be found on the Council website.</ins></p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2019-09-09trueLord Ahmad of Wimbledon2019-09-09T16:25:18.423Z2019-10-01T10:49:24.803Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2019-09-03EU Law2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 August (HL17479), how many EU laws have been approved by the Council of Ministers since 2009.falseLord Pearson of RannochHL17682Department for Exiting the European Union <p>The EU (Withdrawal) Act is a crucial piece of legislation that ensures we have a functioning statute book on exit day, providing certainty to people and businesses across the UK. A central list is not held in the form requested, but the Government remains confident of ensuring a functioning statute book for exit day.</p><p />SpelthorneKwasi Kwarteng2019-01-07false2019-01-07T11:07:08.203Z203Exiting the European Union Exiting the European Union 2018-12-19EU Law1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which pieces of retained EU law it has identified as unable to operate effectively after Brexit but it which it does not intend to remedy or mitigate under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.falseCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastStuart C. McDonald203914Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>The REUL dashboard presents an authoritative catalogue of REUL, not a complete list of REUL. To ensure the integrity of the data published, Defra undertook a quality assurance process. In the case of retained law relating to habitats, this information completed the quality assurance process only after Cabinet Office’s deadline for publication, so was not able to be included in the initial data. When the dashboard is next updated, this legislation will be added to the data set.</p>Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park2022-07-05false2022-07-05T16:24:01.037Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2022-06-22EU Law2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government why (1) the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (No. 1012), and (2) the Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (No. 579), are not included in the Cabinet Office’s Retained EU Law dashboard.falseThe Lord Bishop of St AlbansHL1203Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>Defra has already reformed Retained EU Law in key areas through flagship legislation such as the Environment Act, Fisheries Act and Agriculture Act. The REUL Bill will make it easier to amend, repeal or replace REUL to build on this previous work, so the Department is currently assessing where these new secondary powers should be utilised, which will inform our approach to resourcing.</p>SherwoodMark Spencer2022-10-17false2022-10-17T16:18:02.23Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2022-10-11EU Law1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) resourcing and (b) financial costs of adapting over 430 pieces of retained EU law, as required by the Retained EU Law Bill; and if he will make a statement.falseOldham West and RoytonJim McMahon61238100152