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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Checks on Goods: Northern Ireland and Great Britain

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 19 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Acts

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 19 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Acts

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 19 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Acts

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Written Question
European Union: Treaties
Wednesday 15th May 2019

Asked by: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many of the protocols or joint interpretive instruments annexed to EU treaties to which the UK is party have been the subject of specific parliamentary approval and have legally binding status equivalent to the relevant treaty.

Answered by James Cleverly - Home Secretary

The Protocols and Annexes to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (as amended) “form an integral part thereof” as set out in Article 51 of the TEU i.e. they have the same legal status as the Treaties.

Joint or unilateral interpretative statements annexed to treaties are relevant to the interpretation of those treaties in accordance with article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and have binding legal force where they are accepted by the parties.

When Parliament approved the UK’s accession to the EU it approved accession to all existing EU Treaties as described in part 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Communities Act 1972. Thereafter, Parliament also approved all subsequent Treaties (including protocols or annexes thereto) amending the TEU or the TFEU as described in the definition of “the Treaties” or “the EU Treaties” set out in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Apr 2019
EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)

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Written Question
Competition : EU Action
Monday 25th February 2019

Asked by: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list areas of competence where the UK Competition and Markets Authority will be obliged to refer matters for decision by the European Commission under the terms of the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng

Under the terms of the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the Commission will continue its current role enforcing EU State aid and competition rules in the UK during the implementation period.

Thereafter, in the event of the backstop entering into force the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) would be responsible for enforcing competition rules and assessing mergers in the UK.

The CMA would also be responsible for regulating State aid in the UK, with the exception of measures affecting trade in goods between Northern Ireland and the EU, which the Commission would continue to regulate. The CMA would be required to consult the Commission on draft State aid decisions, but crucially the Commission’s opinion would not be binding on the CMA.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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