Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
Beyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)
"My Lords, briefly and in conclusion, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and for their personal kindness towards me. I also thank the Minister for his efforts to respond to the debate within the constraints of time. All I would say to him and to other Members of …..."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
Beyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)
"That the Virtual Proceedings do consider the Report from the European Union Committee Beyond Brexit: How to Win Friends and Influence People (35th Report, Session 2017–19, HL Paper 322)...."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
Beyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)
"My Lords, it is more than a year since this report was published, since when the world has changed beyond recognition. The pandemic has compelled us to reset financial and social policies and has driven reappraisal of our nation’s place among and beyond its immediate neighbours.
Even before it struck, …..."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2016
European Union Subsidiarity Assessment: Electoral Law of the EU (EUC Report)
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for the report which her sub-committee prepared for my EU Select Committee. I echo her words of thanks to members of that committee and to the excellent staff in drawing this together. It will already be clear from the exchanges that this is …..."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2016
European Union Subsidiarity Assessment: Electoral Law of the EU (EUC Report)
"My Lords, we are now, as it were, in the Chamber and we need to take the argument as it goes. However, for the avoidance of doubt—I hope this reassures the chair of the sub-committee—if any noble Lord is minded to take the temperature of the House, I am very …..."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Asked by:
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to the UK Statistics Authority and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire
- Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
The statistics element of the Balance of Competences Review was included within the cross-cutting report on Voting, Consular and Statistics, which was led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The following information relates to the UK Statistics Authority's costs associated with contributing to the report.
(1) A full breakdown of staff time and associated travel / subsistence costs could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, but the staff cost of the Review was borne within existing budgets.
(2) The UK Statistics Authority contributed £1385.00 towards printing and publication costs.
(3) The UK Statistics Authority did not run any engagement events.
(4) Across the whole of the Balance of Competences Review witness expenses amounted to approximately £2,255.00, which were borne by the FCO.
(5) The UK Statistics Authority did not incur any costs publicising the reports.
(6) There were no other associated costs.
Written Question
Tuesday 24th February 2015
Asked by:
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to the Cabinet Office and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire
- Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
The Balance of Competences Review concluded in December. There is no central record of the overall cost of the review as each individual Department was responsible for allocating its own resources.
This following information relates to the work of the European and Global Issues Secretariat (EGIS) in Cabinet Office, which, with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), supported the delivery of the entire Review.
(1) A full breakdown of staff time and costs could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, but the staff cost of the Review was borne entirely within existing budgets.
(2) Cabinet Office contributed £14,076.87 towards printing and publication costs.
(3) There were no cost on running of engagement events
(4) Across the whole of the Balance of Competences Review witness expenses amounted to approximately £2,255.00, which were borne by the FCO.
(5) The Cabinet Office did not spend any money on publicity of the reports.
(6) The Cabinet Office had no other associated costs.
Costs incurred by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat and Constitution Group within the Cabinet Office will be covered in the FCO response to Question HL4823.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2014
National Parliaments (EUC Report)
"
That this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on The Role of National Parliaments in the European Union (9th Report, Session 2013–14, HL Paper 151)...."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2014
National Parliaments (EUC Report)
"My Lords, this is not just a debate about a Select Committee report, or about internal parliamentary processes. It is also by extension a debate about the future of the European Union and the United Kingdom’s relationship with it, so I am delighted that so many noble Lords are here …..."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2014
National Parliaments (EUC Report)
"A treaty—I would be subject to advice—is, of course, concluded between member states and, although it is part of the constitution, it is not, by itself, part of the legislation. I think that if there were a widespread demand for a change in the treaty for good reason, that could …..."Lord Boswell of Aynho - View Speech
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