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1043023

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) EU representatives on holding European parliamentary elections in the UK in 2019 in the event that the UK's withdrawal from the EU is delayed.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	209747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the UK will cease to be a member of the European Union on 29 March 2019. After this date the UK will no longer have Members of the European Parliament. The Secretary of State has therefore not had discussions with Cabinet colleagues and EU representatives on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/01/2019 15:30:01 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1041614

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Cybercrime
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 paragraph 111 of the Political Declaration Setting Out The Framework For The Future Relationship Between The European Union And The United Kingdom, published on 14 November 2018, which of the activities of the Cooperation Group the UK plans to maintain after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	208870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Political Declaration between the United Kingdom and the European Union reaffirms the commitment of both parties to the exchange of information on a range of threats. This includes incidents, techniques and best practice, as well as a commitment to establish a cyber-dialogue in order to ensure future cooperation as new threats, opportunities and partnerships emerge.</p><p>The exact nature of our future cooperation with the EU on this area, including in relation to Network and Information Security (NIS) Cooperation Group, will be a matter for detailed negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2019 12:57:25 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1041300

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Department for Exiting the European Union: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>A - In the vast majority of circumstances, the Department receives its legal advice from an in-house team of Government lawyers for which it is not charged hourly rates. Where necessary, external Counsel are used, for which the highest hourly rate identified is £250 excluding VAT.</p><p>B - N/A - The Department does not have any Arms Length Bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2019 10:55:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1038927

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Brexit: Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many statutory instruments relating to the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on 29 March are now awaiting consideration by the House of Lords; and how many of those are subject to the affirmative procedure.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL12764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>As of 21 January the Government has laid 331 EU Exit statutory instruments. The number awaiting consideration changes daily, but all the laid SIs to be considered and their procedure are available in the House of Lords Business and on<a href="http://legislation.gov.uk/" target="_blank"> legislation.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>All the instruments help provide certainty for businesses and the public by ensuring a functioning statute book when the UK leaves the EU. The majority are needed in either a deal or no deal scenario as they will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/01/2019 12:14:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1038974

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Emigration: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, in which European Union member states do British citizens have to register their details with the Government upon moving to that country.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	207280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Each Member State implements the permanent residence requirements of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) differently and information is not held centrally on the fees charged for equivalent documents. For example, the Netherlands currently charge €51 for permanent residency, and this charge will remain the same for obtaining a status under the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Country-specific information, where available, is detailed in the ‘Living in Guides’ which you can find at:</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx</a></p><p>The Free Movement Directive sets out the registration requirements and the rules of charging for permanent residence that Member States must follow in their processes.</p><p>Under this Directive, a Member State can require a person living there for more than three months to register within a time frame, which should be no less than three months from the date of their arrival. The Directive also states that a citizen’s possession of such registration documents cannot be a precondition for exercising their Treaty rights. It provides that all documents, including registration certificates and permanent residence documents, shall be issued free of charge or for a charge that is no more than that which nationals of the Member State pay for a similar documents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 207281 question first answered 16/01/2019 16:24:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1038975

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Emigration: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the financial costs are for a British citizen to acquire a permanent resident permit or the equivalent of such document in each European Union member state.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	207281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Each Member State implements the permanent residence requirements of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) differently and information is not held centrally on the fees charged for equivalent documents. For example, the Netherlands currently charge €51 for permanent residency, and this charge will remain the same for obtaining a status under the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Country-specific information, where available, is detailed in the ‘Living in Guides’ which you can find at:</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx</a></p><p>The Free Movement Directive sets out the registration requirements and the rules of charging for permanent residence that Member States must follow in their processes.</p><p>Under this Directive, a Member State can require a person living there for more than three months to register within a time frame, which should be no less than three months from the date of their arrival. The Directive also states that a citizen’s possession of such registration documents cannot be a precondition for exercising their Treaty rights. It provides that all documents, including registration certificates and permanent residence documents, shall be issued free of charge or for a charge that is no more than that which nationals of the Member State pay for a similar documents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 207280 question first answered 16/01/2019 16:24:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1038976

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Emigration: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what are the financial costs for a British citizen to become a citizen of each European Union member state.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	207282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Rules surrounding the acquisition of citizenship in each European Union Member State, including cost, is a matter for that Member State’s authorities. Country-specific information on the cost of citizenship, where available, is given via the ‘Living in Guides’ which you can find at: <a href="https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2PJAHjx</a>. For instance, currently the cost of citizenship in Germany is €255 per person or, for children who are naturalised together with their parents, it is €51 per child.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/01/2019 10:46:00 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1039105

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Social Services: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of state for Health and Social Care and (b) Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on non-UK EU citizens whose social care packages are funded by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	207159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>We are working across Government to develop and implement our preparations to leave the EU. This includes discussions between my department and DHSC and MHCLG on the rights of EU citizens residing in the UK.</p><p>The agreement reached and set out in the Withdrawal Agreement text will provide non-UK EU citizens living in the UK with certainty about their rights going forward. It will allow EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU to continue living their lives broadly as they do now in the countries where they now live. It will enable families who have built their lives together in the EU and UK to stay together. It also gives people more certainty about residence, healthcare, pensions and other benefits.</p><p>In a ‘no deal’ scenario, EU citizens and their family members lawfully residing in the UK by 29 March 2019 will be able to continue to access in country benefits and services on broadly the same terms as now. This means that they will retain their entitlement to healthcare, education, benefits and social housing, including supported housing and homelessness assistance, on the same basis as now.</p><p>The Government has provided further detail on the rights of EU citizens in the UK following EU Exit in a published policy paper, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762222/Policy_paper_on_citizens__rights_in_the_event_of_a_no_deal_Brexit.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762222/Policy_paper_on_citizens__rights_in_the_event_of_a_no_deal_Brexit.pdf</a></p><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/01/2019 12:13:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1039110

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether all international treaty and non-treaty arrangements in which the UK participates through membership of the EU will be replicated by 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	207320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to maintaining the relationships and cooperation we currently enjoy with third countries and international organisations as we exit the EU. This is why we have agreed with the EU that they will notify treaty partners that the UK is treated as a Member State for the purposes of its international agreements with third countries during the Implementation Period. This provides a basis for continuity during this period.</p><p>We are also working with third countries to put in place new arrangements that replicate the effects of existing agreements, as far as possible and where relevant, and which would come into force either on exit in the event of ‘no deal’ or at the end of the Implementation Period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 16/01/2019 15:49:56 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1038389

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Immigration Controls: Calais
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 the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the EU to the Committee on Exiting the European Union of 9 January 2019, on what date the French Government announced its intention to establish a border inspection point in Calais.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We are aware that the French authorities are planning for the deployment of new border control posts which will be able to process products of animal origin at the ports of entry for the Channel. In addition, Gérald Darmanin, Minister of Public Action and Accounts, has announced the creation of a customs office in Calais which will help French authorities to improve their capacity to ensure fluidity and avoid unnecessary delays. However, as I stated in evidence to the Committee on Exiting the European Union, we will continue to monitor the situation in Calais and until any such border inspection post is operational, we will continue to develop our border plans to cover the full spectrum of scenarios.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 16/01/2019 14:27:35 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms