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532988

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce legislative proposals to limit the effect of EU law and the role of the Court of Justice of the EU within the UK during the period of negotiation on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	41871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2016 14:53:15 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

76568

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Faulks on 24 June (WA 141), what are the "decision-making processes for making European Union legislation" which are not made public.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Article 4 of Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents sets out exceptions from the duty to provide access. These exceptions include those intended to protect internal deliberative processes where appropriate. For example, Article 4(3) allows documents to be withheld if they relate to a matter where the decision has not been taken by one of the three institutions, if disclosure of the document would seriously undermine the institution's decision-making process, unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure.</p><p> </p><p>Article 3(4) also allows a document to be withheld if it contains opinions for internal use as part of deliberations and preliminary consultations within one of the three institutions, and if disclosure of the document would seriously undermine the institution's decision-making process, unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure.</p><p> </p><p>The Freedom of Information Act 2000 also contains exemptions from the duty to release. For example, section 27 allows information to be withheld where its release would, or would be likely to, prejudice international relations. Section 35 allows information to be withheld where it relates to the formulation of government policy. Both of these exemptions are subject to a public interest test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulkner of Worcester question first answered 14/07/2014 16:40:14 answering member 2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

78935

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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
uin	206661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The UK has never been fined in relation to a breach of European Law. However, the European Court of Justice ruled on 13 February 2014 (Case C-530/11) that the UK was in breach of its obligations under the Public Participation Directive to ensure the costs of going to court in respect of environmental matters are not prohibitively expensive. The Department is currently in discussion with the European Commission regarding the Court’s judgment.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2014 15:38:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89788

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since May 2010, my Department has transposed five EU Directives into UK law.</p><p> </p><p>In the same period, two EU Regulations with application to the UK (either where the UK has exercised its Title V Justice and Home Affairs opt-in, or where no opt-in exists) have come into force and now apply. Two further Regulations in which the UK will participate have come into force, but do not yet apply.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2014 12:12:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78892

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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
uin	206653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK has never been fined for an infraction for matters within the Ministry of Defence's responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 30/07/2014 11:47:36 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89529

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence has transposed three EU Directives into UK law since 2010:<br><br>The EU Defence and Security Procurement Directive (2009/81/EC), the EU Directive on the Right to Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Proceedings (2010/64/EU), and the EU Directive on the Right to Information in Criminal Proceedings (2012/13/EU).</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 04/09/2014 12:53:49 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78927

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within her Department's responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	206659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings which relate to matters that fall within the Home Office's responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/08/2014 09:19:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89743

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Home Office has transposed three Directives since May 2010. In addition, five EU Regulations for which the Home Office is responsible have come into force in the same period. Regulations have direct effect and do not require transposition.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/09/2014 10:23:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
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
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

89474

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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 new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Details of all current EU legislation are on the Euro – Lex website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/directories/legislation.html" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/directories/legislation.html</a></p><p>We do not hold a central record of the EU directives the Treasury has transposed into UK law since 2010 nor a record of all EU regulations that came into effect during that period.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/09/2014 13:08:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

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
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
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

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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

388614

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 pieces of proposed EU legislation were approved by a qualified majority in the EU Council of Ministers despite either the UK, France or Germany voting against that legislation in each year from 2010 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	6094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested regarding voting records of 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 15:28:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

391803

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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, which pieces of EU legislation adopted in each of the last five years met the conditions to be subject to qualified majority voting in the Council of the EU or the European Council.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	8304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is publicly available on the website of the Council of Ministers where the voting rules for each piece of legislation can be found. This includes the legislation, the voting rules and how Member States voted. These records go back to 1999.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/09/2015 14:04:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

418445

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4126, how many times the procedure provided for in the Council Decision of 29 March 1994 have been invoked; 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
uin	10013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Council Decision of 29 March 1994, also known as the Ioannina Compromise, was superseded by the Treaty of Nice, and subsequently by the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007. From 2014, a new version of the Ioannina Compromise took effect. This allows a group of Member States short of a blocking minority to request a deferral of decisions they do not agree with, within a reasonable timeframe. The Government does not maintain a central record of when the provision has been invoked or for what reason.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/09/2015 12:25:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

438069

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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 new EU regulations have become law in the UK since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	20107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>There are different types of EU laws, some of which are directly applicable in the UK (regulations), and others which may require domestic implementing measures to give them full effect (such as directives). Sometimes administrative rules or guidelines will be needed in the UK whilst on other occasions legislation may be necessary. Additionally, EU legislation may be new, or it may amend or repeal existing legislation. There is often a delay before an EU law enters into force for instance in order to enable Member States to adopt the necessary domestic implementing measures; different parts of EU laws may enter into force at different times. The information which brings together all these categories of EU measures is not held centrally. However details of all EU-derived legislation currently on the statute book in the UK can be found on our website at: legislation.gov.uk and on the Official Journal of the EU at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/01/2016 13:57:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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
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

506480

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Government officials engaged in matters relating to policies from the EU; and what the staff cost of such engagement is.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	32684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government's priorities in Europe. The staff costs of engagement on EU business cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/04/2016 12:52:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

511384

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of EU draft legislation that has been forwarded to the European Parliament but which has currently been frozen by European Commissioner Timmermans through the application of Better Regulation principles.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	33530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission has committed itself to withdraw, modify or repeal legislative proposals through a number of processes. In the 2015 Commission Work Programme, there were 80 proposed withdrawals. Of these, 73 have now been delivered. The remaining seven have been modified by the Commission, or were proposals where the Council and the European Parliament had not been able to come to an agreement, but have since made progress. A list can be found in the Official Journal of the European Union [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C:2015:080:FULL&amp;from=EN]. In the 2016 Commission Work Programme, the Commission is working on the withdrawal or modification of a further 20 proposals. The Commission has also reduced the number of new initiatives proposed in its annual work programmes by over 80 per cent compared to 2014.</p><p>Under the UK’s new settlement with the EU, the European Commission has agreed for the first time to set specific targets to reduce the overall burden on business in key sectors. The Commission has also committed to ‘establish a mechanism to review the body of existing EU legislation for its compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality’; in setting priorities for this review, the Commission will be duty-bound to consult the Council and national parliaments. Further information can be found in the Government’s White Paper, “The best of both worlds: the United Kingdom’s special status in a reformed European Union”.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/05/2016 15:11:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main