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Written Question
UK Relations with EU
Monday 16th December 2024

Asked by: Lord Frost (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 2 December (HL2820), whether the Government plans to set out its objectives for the reset negotiation in more detail as was done in February 2020 with the publication of The Future Relationship with the EU, and if so, when.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

This Government's priority is to reset the relationship with our European friends, including through a broad-based security pact and tackling barriers to trade.

On 2 October, the Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission met and released a joint statement on enhancing strategic cooperation.

The Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations is taking forward this work with his counterpart, Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, and we will hold a UK-EU Summit next year to review progress. We are committed to being as open and transparent as possible with Parliament.

Written Question
Security: UK Relations with EU
Monday 9th December 2024

Asked by: Lord Frost (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are negotiating on a draft text for a security partnership agreement with the European Union.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

On 14 October the Foreign Secretary attended the EU Foreign Affairs Council and agreed with the then High Representative, Borrell, to advance work towards a security partnership. They also agreed that the UK and EU will establish a biannual Foreign Policy Dialogue between the UK Foreign Secretary and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs to enable strategic cooperation on the highest priority issues, with the first meeting in early 2025. In addition, they also agreed to a number of regular UK-EU strategic consultations to sit underneath this on Russia/Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, the Western Balkans and Hybrid threats. We are exploring with the EEAS how we progress this work.

This follows the Prime Minister’s meeting with Commission President von der Leyen on 2 October where the leaders agreed on the importance of the unique relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom and resolved to strengthen ambitiously our structured strategic cooperation on shared global challenges.

Written Question
UK Relations with EU
Monday 2nd December 2024

Asked by: Lord Frost (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what are their objectives in their proposed "reset" of relations with the European Union; what issues they are discussing with the European Union as part of that proposed reset; and when they expect those discussions to conclude.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Government has already begun working to reset the relationship with our European friends and to put the UK’s relationship with the EU on a more solid, stable footing. The Prime Minister met with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on 2 October and they agreed to strengthen the UK-EU relationship in areas including the economy, energy, resilience and security; and to hold the first UK-EU Summit in early 2025. The Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations is taking forward this work with his counterpart in the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, who was confirmed on 27 November.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Net-zero Emissions: Behaviour Change

"My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate, the Government and the Minister for proposing and enabling this debate today. It is an extremely important subject. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for her committee’s report on this subject, as has been mentioned.

We all agree, I think, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2022
Economy: The Growth Plan 2022

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, who is a voice of clarity and forthright speaking in this Chamber. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe on her appointment once again to the Front Bench, in the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Negotiating Objectives for a Free Trade Agreement with India

"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for securing this debate, as well as for her broader work in chairing this important committee and producing this report. I assure her that she will be hearing more from me in this capacity and that no valedictory is due—for the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
EU–UK Partnership Council

"My Lords, we have not yet agreed a date for the next meeting of the Partnership Council. The trade and co-operation agreement requires the council to meet once a year, unless otherwise agreed by the co-chairs. This condition has been met with the Partnership Council’s meeting on 9 June to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
EU–UK Partnership Council

"My Lords, I very much agree with the thrust of the question of the noble Baroness. I think it is well known that we have wanted to get the Horizon arrangements up and running for some time; it is a matter of great disappointment that we have still not managed …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
EU–UK Partnership Council

"My Lords, the noble Earl is right that there is a provision to agree an MoU. Indeed, there were discussions at the start of this year provisionally to agree that text. Those discussions have paused, again for reasons that we are not 100% clear about, although we can speculate. Naturally, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
EU–UK Partnership Council

"My Lords, obviously we have inherited the REACH programme in the retained EU law that came on to the statute books and in the TCA. It is something we keep under close review, and it is certainly true that the costs of reregistering through REACH are considerable. We keep under …..."
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