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Recommendation
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Deferred
We ask the Government to provide an update on its envisaged timetable for publication and ratification of the draft UK-EU Agreement on Gibraltar. Given its constitutional and political importance, we also request that the Government makes time in the House of Commons for a debate on the Agreement, prior to …
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We ask the Government to provide an update on its envisaged timetable for publication and ratification of the draft UK-EU Agreement on Gibraltar. Given its constitutional and political importance, we also request that the Government makes time in the House of Commons for a debate on the Agreement, prior to its ratification, during the scrutiny period provided for under Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. (Recommendation, Paragraph 24) 86 The Lancaster House summit and the new UK-EU Strategic Partnership
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Government response AI summary
The Government recognizes parliamentarians' interest in the Treaty and states that the Committee’s views on holding a debate will be conveyed to the relevant parties for consideration in the scheduling of parliamentary business. They anticipate ratification in early 2027.
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Conclusion
3rd Report – From a Common Understandin…
Deferred
It is not clear to us that expecting Departmental Select Committees to fulfil this task would be workable, and nor can they provide the House with a cross-cutting overview of how alignment with EU rules, and limitations on the UK’s regulatory autonomy, are developing across different areas of policy. We …
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It is not clear to us that expecting Departmental Select Committees to fulfil this task would be workable, and nor can they provide the House with a cross-cutting overview of how alignment with EU rules, and limitations on the UK’s regulatory autonomy, are developing across different areas of policy. We do not consider that the scrutiny mechanisms that exist in the House of Lords, valuable as they are, can substitute for scrutiny of EU matters, and Ministers’ decisions on alignment, by the democratically elected House of Commons. It is also clear that any scrutiny mechanism for EU matters, however operationalised, will require the Government’s cooperation to be effective. (Conclusion, Paragraph 225)
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Government response AI summary
The government intends to consider the matter further and engage with interested parties within the House of Commons, preferring broad agreement before new treaties with the EU requiring dynamic alignment are brought into force.
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Recommendation
3rd Report – From a Common Understandin…
Deferred
We agree with the House of Lords European Affairs Committee that Parliament must “play a full scrutiny role” when it comes to matters of alignment with the EU. Given the continued impact of the EU decisions on the UK and the much closer relationship being pursued by the Government, we …
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We agree with the House of Lords European Affairs Committee that Parliament must “play a full scrutiny role” when it comes to matters of alignment with the EU. Given the continued impact of the EU decisions on the UK and the much closer relationship being pursued by the Government, we believe that the House of Commons should establish a dedicated new Committee on EU affairs, to consider and scrutinise matters relating to the UK’s closer new relationship with the European Union in the round, including matters pertaining to regulatory alignment. (Conclusion, Paragraph 226)
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Government response AI summary
The government intends to consider the matter of establishing a dedicated new Committee on EU affairs further, engaging with other interested parties within the House of Commons, and prefers broad agreement before treaties requiring dynamic alignment are brought into force.
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