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1011568

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to article 127 of the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, under what circumstances the UK will be able to refuse to be bound by the Union law imposed by that article; and what steps it will be possible to take to remedy situations in which Union law during the transition is not in the UK national interest.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>We have provided for a time-limited implementation period precisely to give businesses and citizens certainty. This means that common rules will remain in place until the end of the period, allowing businesses to trade on the same terms as now up until the end of 2020.</p><p>It takes on average two years for significant new rules to pass through the EU, and it is therefore very unlikely that significant legislation will pass during the implementation period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/11/2018 11:04:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1028524

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To 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.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <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 /> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/01/2019 11:07:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

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

1144194

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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, 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.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <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> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:18 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:49:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133936 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1181409

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they do not wish the UK to align with EU regulations on environmental standards and workers' rights at the end of the transition period when they have committed to maintain or go further than those regulations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK is committed to high standards, and has led the way in areas such as workers’ rights and environmental protection.</p><p>After the transition period, which ends on 31 December 2020, the UK will choose its own standards and regulations. This is a fundamental right of a sovereign nation; our Government will uphold our high standards, not because of obligations to European institutions and courts but through our own free will and that of our democratically elected Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 12/03/2020 16:04:59 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1189744

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their next report on progress towards removing retained EU law restrictions, as required by Schedule 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2020 answer text <p>The sixth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report was published on 19 March 2020, covering the reporting period of 26 September 2019 to 25 December 2019. The seventh report, detailing work that has taken place between 26 December 2019 to 25 March 2020, will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 30/04/2020 12:40:09 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

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

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

388613

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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 (a) the UK, (b) France and (c) Germany voted against proposed EU legislation in the Council of Ministers that was approved by a qualified majority in each year from 2010 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Govenment does not keep a centralised record of this information, but the information requested regarding voting records of aa Member States on EU legislation is publicly available on the website of the Council of Ministers. These records go back to 1999.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/07/2015 15:29:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft