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<p>The Government strongly supports an effective Parliamentary scrutiny system and
will always seek to avoid breaching the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution. Where this is
not possible, the Government will continue to account for the circumstances of each
override in writing to the Committees.</p><p>Between January to June 2015, 368 Explanatory
Memoranda were submitted. Of the 90 overrides in this period, 73 (81 per cent) of
overrides occurred after the dissolution of Parliament when one or both Houses were
unable to carry out their scrutiny function. Of the 90 overrides across both Houses,
39 were on fast-moving EU restrictive measures including 11 measures to address the
situation in Ukraine.</p><p><br>The figures requested are set out in the table below,
which excludes reference to a Commission Communication on the Paris Protocol (‘A Blueprint
for tackling Global Climate Change beyond 2020’) because discussion with the European
Scrutiny Committee has not yet concluded whether this constitutes an override.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(1).
House of Lords Override</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(2). House of Commons override</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a).
No. of overrides in both Houses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b). Total no. of
overrides</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM
Treasury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry
of Justice</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department
for Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home
Office</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department
for Transport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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