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229054

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives; and what steps he is taking to ensure compliance with those Directives.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	228761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Since making the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations and the introduction of the Financial Conduct Authority rules in December 2014 the government has continued to have discussions with all stakeholders. The most recent meeting between the department, civil society and industry representatives was held in February 2015. I have since spoken to representatives from the Publish What You Pay coalition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government takes extractive transparency very seriously. To support compliance the department has made information available on the gov.uk website. This includes a schema for delivering reports and step by step guidance on how to fill in the report format, both agreed with industry and civil society.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Regulations, which set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports will be published on the Companies House website in 2016, when all interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/03/2015 14:19:32 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

385467

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on the implementation of EU law in the UK of removing the words ever closer union from the preamble to the EU Treaties on Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>'Ever Closer Union' has been directly referenced in 23 cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2005. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that ever closer union might be right for some, but it is not right for Britain.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 02/07/2015 14:50:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385468

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many European Court of Justice cases have cited the words Ever Closer Union from the preamble to the EU Treaties and Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Twenty three judgments, opinions or orders of the Court of Justice and the General Court have contained references to “ever closer union” since 2005.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/07/2015 13:15:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385469

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what effect the 1992 Edinburgh Agreement had on the application of EU treaties in the UK; and whether it is his Department's assumption that the European Court of Justice is obliged to follow the provisions of that Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Edinburgh Agreement addressed specific Danish concerns with the Maastricht Treaty. Those parts of the Agreement that remained relevant following the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam were reflected in the EU Treaties by means of a protocol which is binding on the European Court of Justice and on the Member States.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/06/2015 15:07:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385470

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the procedure provided for in Council Decision 2009/857/EC on the implementation of Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union has been invoked in each of the years since that Decision entered force; what the concerns of the member states that invoked the procedure were in each such case; and how those concerns were met in the final decision taken in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The purpose of Council Decision 2009/857/EC on the implementation of Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union is to allow Member States that are close to but do not constitute a blocking minority to request that the Council defer adoption of a measure for a period of time to allow for further discussions with a view to resolving the concerns that they have raised. It came into effect with the introduction of the changed system of calculating a Qualified Majority on 1 November 2014. Although the Government does not keep data on this provision, to the best of our knowledge it has not been invoked.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/07/2015 13:17:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

78870

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within the Law Officers' Departments' responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>None. The UK has not been subject to infraction proceedings, during this period, which relate directly to matters within the Law Officers’ Departments’ areas of responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 14:02:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78876

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings falling within the responsibility of BIS.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/09/2014 16:44:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78880

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/09/2014 14:18:10 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78881

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings falling within the responsibility of HM Treasury. The UK has never been fined for an infraction.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/08/2014 09:51:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78890

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has never lost an EU infraction case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/09/2014 16:12:43 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood