Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to give Scotland a statutory role in negotiations on a future relationship with the EU.
Answered by James Duddridge
It is the responsibility of the UK Government to negotiate international agreements, and it is vital that we retain appropriate flexibility to proceed with negotiations at pace.
We are nevertheless clear that the devolved administrations should be closely involved in the process. We have already engaged extensively with them in negotiation preparations, and will continue to do so. There is no need to set out in statute a course of action we are already pursuing.
Last Thursday, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Lord Callanan, Minister of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union, met with Mike Russell at the Joint Ministerial Committee on EU negotiations.
Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether clause 11(3) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill provides for Ministers to limit the (a) scope and (b) availability of judicial review of Home Office decisions made under clause 11(2)(g) of that Bill.
Answered by James Duddridge
The power in clause 11(3) will be used to ensure that the Special Immigration Appeals Commission is able to hear a review of an exclusion direction made on national security grounds in relation to an individual within the scope of the EU Settlement Scheme.
There is no intention to use the power in clause 11 to limit the scope or availability of judicial review.
Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which pieces of retained EU law it has identified as unable to operate effectively after Brexit but it which it does not intend to remedy or mitigate under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The EU (Withdrawal) Act is a crucial piece of legislation that ensures we have a functioning statute book on exit day, providing certainty to people and businesses across the UK. A central list is not held in the form requested, but the Government remains confident of ensuring a functioning statute book for exit day.
Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make it his policy to seek to secure a ring-fenced agreement with the EU on citizens rights even if no agreement on other matters related to the UK leaving the EU can be concluded and ratified by 29 March 2018.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Government’s approach throughout this process has been to seek to agree all of the issues related to our withdrawal from the European Union. The agreement that we have reached on citizens’ rights is the only way of fully protecting the rights of all citizens.
The Prime Minister has been clear that EU citizens resident in the UK by the 29 March will be able to stay and have their rights protected. We published the Citizens’ rights: EU citizens and UK nationals policy paper on 6 December, which sets out further details of our offer to citizens in a no deal.
We are engaging Member States and urging them to reciprocate this offer for UK citizens in full.
Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Department for Exiting the European Union occupies space in buildings belonging to other government departments. As a tenant of these buildings we do not capture this data.
Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Department for Exiting the European Union occupies space in buildings belonging to other government departments. As a tenant of these buildings we do not capture this data.