Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent assessment the Government has made of the UK's level of preparedness in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019.
Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leaving the EU with a deal remains our priority, but as a responsible Government we've been preparing for nearly three years to minimise disruption in the event of no deal.
We have over 300 work streams looking at specific no deal plans across a range of sectors and these are well advanced. There is still some work to be done but departments are making sensible decisions about prioritisation.
Departments report progress delivering each workstream on a regular basis. DExEU aggregates the cross-Government picture of readiness and provides regular updates to Ministers. This allows for the swift resolution of barriers to improve the Government’s overall preparedness for exit.
As you might expect, these aggregate assessments of Government preparedness are exceptionally sensitive. If our overall assessment - or the underlying data - were made public, both our negotiating position and our ability to manage delivery across the programme would be significantly damaged.
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when the Government plans to cease to put new EU directives into UK law.
Answered by Robin Walker
Government policy and legal assessment are in place to ensure full compliance with EU legal requirements until the UK leaves the EU. This includes transposition of EU directives.
Once we have left the EU the process of transposing directives will cease. The Repeal Bill will repeal the European Communities Act 1972, ending the supremacy of EU law in the UK, and will preserve the domestic law we have made to transpose directives before the day we leave the EU.
ATTACHMENT: Round Robin guidance on EU Directives
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many EU directives are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Answered by Robin Walker
Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.
Once we have left the EU the process of transposing directives will cease. The Repeal Bill will repeal the European Communities Act 1972, ending the supremacy of EU law in the UK, and will preserve the domestic law we have made to transpose directives before the day we leave the EU.
Please refer to the EUR-lex website for further information regarding the Directives awaiting transposition into UK law before 29 March 2019.
ATTACHMENT: Round Robin guidance on EU Directives.