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Written Question
Ministry of Justice: EU Law
Friday 1st July 2016

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what EU directives related to his Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.

Answered by Dominic Raab

There are currently no EU directives for which MoJ has responsibility awaiting transposition into UK law.

Written Question
Ministry of Justice: EU Action
Friday 1st July 2016

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which EU (a) legislative and (b) other proposals his Department is leading negotiations on for the Government in the Council of the EU.

Answered by Dominic Raab

This Department is currently leading negotiations on the following legislative proposals:

  • Proposal for a Council Decision on a Union position in the EU – the Republic of Albania Stabilisation Council on the participation of the Republic of Albania as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ work and the respective modalities, within the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on a Union position in the EU – the Republic of Serbia Stabilisation Council on the participation of the Republic of Serbia as an observer in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ work and the respective modalities, within the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.
  • Ongoing consideration of the European Union’s Accession to the European Convention of Human Rights following Opinion 2/13 of the CJEU.

The following are ongoing negotiations within my department’s remit that the UK does not participate in. My department, however, monitors the negotiations to ensure that these proposals do not negatively impact UK interests.

  • Council Regulation on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions in matters of Matrimonial Property Regimes.
  • Council Regulation on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions in matters of the Property Consequences of Registered Partnerships.
  • Directive on Provisional Legal Aid for Suspects or Accused persons Deprived of Liberty and Legal Aid in European Arrest Warrant Proceedings.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"When it comes to equalisation, how much leeway do the UK Government have under EU law?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Dec 2015
Women and the Economy

"Why did not the last Labour Government solve this problem?..."
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Written Question
Road Traffic Offences: Fines
Tuesday 11th November 2014

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was raised in fines for road traffic offences in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2013-14.

Answered by Mike Penning

This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.

It is not possible to state how much was collected for specific offences without incurring disproportionate costs as this answer could only be provided by a manual search of all live and closed fine accounts.

Written Question
EU Law
Friday 5th September 2014

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

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.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

Since May 2010, my Department has transposed five EU Directives into UK law.

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.

Written Question
EU Law
Friday 5th September 2014

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

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.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

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.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

"Before my hon. Friend’s fascinating speech terminates too soon, I wonder how much difference he thinks the proposals will make to smoothing planning processes and getting sensible development under way...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

"I support the Government’s aim to tame, but not to undermine, judicial review. As I understand the Minister’s wish, it is that judicial review should remain as a necessary way of challenging bad decisions, but that there needs to be some control over the large number of inappropriate or frivolous …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

"I beg to disagree. I entirely understand what the Government are trying to do. They are trying to warn certain potential users of judicial review that it is a fatuous process if it turns out that the original decision was perfectly reasonable, although there may have been some difficulties with …..."
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