Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 August (HL17479), whether the UK has successfully blocked any proposed EU legislation in the Council of Ministers since 2009; and if so, what were those measures.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation considered by the Council of the European Union can be found on the public votes register, including where the United Kingdom was part of a blocking minority on votes decided by Qualified Majority Voting, or where the United Kingdom voted against measures decided by Unanimity. This can be accessed via the Council website.
Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 August (HL17479), how many EU laws have been approved by the Council of Ministers since 2009.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation can be found on the Council website.
Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the UK has voted against legislation in the Council of Ministers since 2001; and on how many of those occasions that legislation subsequently passed.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation can be found on the EU website.
Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many EU legislative proposals the UK has voted against at the Council of Ministers since 2009; and how many of those proposals were withdrawn as a result.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on European Union (EU) legislation can be found on the EU website.
Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pieces of EU legislation have been passed as "A" items in the Council of Ministers in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold this information centrally. The European Union (EU) website provides information on EU legislation including the number of regulations, directives and decisions adopted by the EU. This information is available by month and by year.
Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions since 1988 they have unilaterally withdrawn from their obligations under international treaties.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The UK has unilaterally withdrawn from 52 treaties since 1 January 1988. All of these have been multilateral treaties.
Asked by: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to discuss with the government of Morocco why the Reverend Colin Dye was recently refused entry to Morocco, and why he was held overnight and then placed on a flight to Rome without any entries on his passport or a copy of the paperwork he was obliged to sign.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Her Majesty's Government cannot interfere in another country's immigration procedures, in the same way that we would not allow them to interfere in ours. Reverend Colin Dye did not request consular assistance while in Morocco; therefore the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have no information about his deportation to Rome.