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1087550

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To 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.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <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> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/03/2019 14:42:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

176656

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	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	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how European Union regulations are brought into being; what is their force in United Kingdom law; and how many have been issued since 1976.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>An EU regulation is adopted by a legislative procedure, i.e. by the ordinary legislative procedure or by a special legislative procedure, (see Article 289(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)). The legal effect of an EU regulation is that it is directly applicable in the national law of all the Member States and it is binding in its entirety, (see Article 288 TFEU). The Government does not centrally hold information on each EU regulation issued since 1976. The Eur-Lex database, available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html holds further information on EU legislation.</p><p>A copy of Articles 288 and 289 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/02/2015 13:23:23 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns attachment 1 file name TFEU - Art 288 and 289 for HL4565.doc title Articles 288 and 289 of the TFEU
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

426055

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	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	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many EU directives have been transposed into UK law without any additional material being included since the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and what percentage of the total number of directives transposed that number represents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, in July 2011 the Government put in place its Guiding Principles for EU Legislation, which state that the Government will not go beyond the minimum requirements of the measure which is being transposed, save in exceptional circumstances. Since the Guiding Principles have applied there have been only five instances of new “gold-plating” of EU Directives that have placed additional costs on business which is attached.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 17:25:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name guiding-principles-for-eu-legislation.pdf title Guiding principles for EU Legislation
	tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

450613

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	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	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what fines have been levied on the UK for non-compliance with EU directives from 2010 to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text From 2010 to date no fines have been levied on the UK for non-compliance with EU directives. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/02/2016 15:03:28 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

458824

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	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	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister on 22 February (HC Deb, col 22), how they reached the conclusion that the cost of EU regulation will be going down, not up.
	tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to Parliament on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p><p>Under our new settlement the European Commission has agreed for the first time to set specific targets to reduce the overall burden on businesses in key sectors. The European Council Declaration on Competitiveness commits to ‘doing more to reduce the overall burden of EU regulation, especially on SMEs and micro enterprises’.</p><p> </p><p>To implement this, the European Commission has agreed to introduce a new burden review mechanism. It will conduct an annual survey of the burdens imposed on businesses at the EU level. This process will identify legislation that should be revised or repealed to bring costs down, and will mean that limiting the cost of regulation will be a priority when proposals are developed, negotiated and agreed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2016 14:45:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

541736

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the scale of the task required to separate domestic law from EU law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>In preparation for negotiations to leave the EU, the Government is undertaking work across a range of areas, including with its legal teams, to establish how best to deliver the government’s objectives.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 10/08/2016 12:43:48 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

598103

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the status in the UK of EU legal instruments to which the UK agrees between the bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 receiving royal assent and the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK.</p><p>The Government will set out the content of the Bill and its implications in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 25/10/2016 11:32:43 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

600534

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications for UK case law (1) during the period following the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972, and (2) between the repeal of the Act and the date of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK.</p><p>The Government will set out the content of the Bill and its implications in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 25/10/2016 11:29:38 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

651857

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following notice to leave the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, they intend to continue to implement new EU Directives.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. The outcome of the exit negotiations will determine what arrangements apply in relation to EU legislation in future once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 14/12/2016 16:50:16 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

685904

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish a White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward a White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill in advance of introduction of the Great Repeal Bill in the next session. It will set out our approach to giving effect to withdrawal on the domestic statute book.<strong> <br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 20/02/2017 13:04:51 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill