Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask Her Majesty’s Government at what point they envisage that EU agencies located in the UK will be required to relocate; and whether this will be effected within the two years set for the Brexit negotiations.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
No decisions have been taken about the location of the UK based EU Agencies: the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority.
As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of medicines and banking regulation in the best interests of both the UK and the EU. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.
Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which EU agencies located in the UK will be affected by Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
No decisions have been taken about the location of the UK based EU Agencies: the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority.
As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of medicines and banking regulation in the best interests of both the UK and the EU. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.
Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff are employed in EU agencies located in the UK which will be required to relocate from the UK; and of this total, how many of them are British staff and how many come from other EU countries.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
No decisions have been taken about the location of the UK based EU Agencies: the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority.
As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of medicines and banking regulation in the best interests of both the UK and the EU. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.
Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of paragraph 8.42 of the White Paper <i>The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union</i>, whether they intend to negotiate with the EU Commission for the European Medicines Agency to remain located in the UK.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
No decisions have been taken about the location of the European Medicines Agency. The Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of medicines regulation in the interests of both the UK and the EU. It would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome of the negotiations.
Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the UK's exit from the EU, whether the UK will leave the European Medicines Agency; and if so, when the Agency will be relocated away from the UK.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of medicines regulation in the best interests of both the UK and the EU.
No decisions have been taken on the future location of the European Medicines Agency. Until we have left the EU, the UK remains a member of the EU with all the rights and obligations that membership entails. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency continues to play its full role in all procedures of the EU medicines and devices network as well as other networks.