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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-05-20more like thismore than 2016-05-20
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 33530, on EU law, if he will place in the Library a list of those proposals on which texts have been agreed at COREPER level and which are waiting full council consideration. more like this
tabling member constituency St Albans more like this
tabling member printed
Mrs Anne Main more like this
uin 37742 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-05-31more like thismore than 2016-05-31
answer text <p>The Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) prepares items for agreement by Ministers attending the Council of the European Union, in line with the UK negotiating position agreed by HMG Ministers. Legislative proposals are subject to scrutiny by Parliament in accordance with the Scrutiny Reserve Resolutions prior to adoption at Council. Council meetings are reported to both Houses by Written or, in exceptional cases, Oral Statements, with letters sent to the European Select Committees in recess. Provisional agendas for Council and COREPER meetings can be accessed through the website of the Council of the European Union: <a href="http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/" target="_blank">http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Aylesbury more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-05-31T15:58:03.7Zmore like thismore than 2016-05-31T15:58:03.7Z
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
1568
label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main more like this
511384
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-04-12more like thismore than 2016-04-12
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
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. more like this
tabling member constituency St Albans more like this
tabling member printed
Mrs Anne Main more like this
uin 33530 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-05-04more like thismore than 2016-05-04
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 more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-05-04T15:11:39.403Zmore like thismore than 2016-05-04T15:11:39.403Z
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
1568
label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main more like this
458824
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-03-09more like thismore than 2016-03-09
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
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. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Renwick of Clifton more like this
uin HL6858 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-03-30more like thismore than 2016-03-30
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> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-03-30T14:45:12.177Zmore like thismore than 2016-03-30T14:45:12.177Z
answering member
4284
label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
tabling member
3230
label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton more like this
426055
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-11-04more like thismore than 2015-11-04
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
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. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Inglewood more like this
uin HL3328 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-11-18more like thismore than 2015-11-18
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 /> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-11-18T17:25:48.337Zmore like thismore than 2015-11-18T17:25:48.337Z
answering member
4284
label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
attachment
1
file name guiding-principles-for-eu-legislation.pdf more like this
title Guiding principles for EU Legislation more like this
tabling member
1980
label Biography information for Lord Inglewood more like this
385467
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-24more like thismore than 2015-06-24
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
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. more like this
tabling member constituency Bury North more like this
tabling member printed
Mr David Nuttall more like this
uin 4003 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-07-02more like thismore than 2015-07-02
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> more like this
answering member constituency Aylesbury more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-07-02T14:50:42.853Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-02T14:50:42.853Z
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
4140
label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall more like this
385469
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-24more like thismore than 2015-06-24
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
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. more like this
tabling member constituency Bury North more like this
tabling member printed
Mr David Nuttall more like this
uin 4123 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-30more like thismore than 2015-06-30
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> more like this
answering member constituency Aylesbury more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-30T15:07:27.817Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-30T15:07:27.817Z
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
4140
label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall more like this
89594
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-08-29more like thismore than 2014-08-29
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading EU Law remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Wokingham more like this
tabling member printed
Mr John Redwood more like this
uin 207259 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-09-05more like thismore than 2014-09-05
answer text <p> </p><p>According to departmental records, Defra has transposed a total of 36 EU Directives into UK law since May 2010, 9 of which were transposed without the need to introduce new legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold a central record of all directly applicable EU regulations coming into effect since 2010. Details of all current European legislation are on the Euro-Lex website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/summaries.html" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/summaries.html</a></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-09-05T10:05:16.0610646Zmore like thismore than 2014-09-05T10:05:16.0610646Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
14
label Biography information for Sir John Redwood more like this