Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what Bills need to be passed by Parliament by 29 March 2019 in order for the UK to leave the EU.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The Government has undertaken extensive work to identify the primary legislation essential to deliver our exit from the EU in different scenarios.
Much of this legislation is already in place, for example The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act, The Nuclear Safeguards Act and the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act, and a number of important statutory instruments.
The Government is confident that we will have all the necessary legislation in place by exit day.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate the Government has made of the length of time required for the full implementation of all EU-exit related Acts of Parliament.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The length of time required for the full implementation of all EU-exit related Acts of Parliament will depend on the specific nature of each Act.
The Government is confident that we will have all the necessary legislation in place by Exit Day.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate the Government has made of the number of EU-exit related statutory instruments that are required to be approved by 29 March.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Government expects to make up to 600 statutory instruments by exit day.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many EU-exit related statutory instruments have been approved.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
Over 480 exit related statutory instruments (80% of the up to 600 expected by exit day) have been laid. Votes and Proceedings provides the lists of SIs that have been approved by the House.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of other EU member states have won appeals to prevent their removal from the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Information on how many EU nationals have won appeals to prevent their removal from the UK in each of the last 10 years is not held centrally.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is her policy that proposed changes to the subsidy regime for onshore wind power will apply to all parts of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
In her Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HC WS40, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State said that we intend that the final proposals are applied across Great Britain. We are in the process of consulting Scottish and Welsh ministers on this matter.
Since energy policy is devolved in Northern Ireland, we are currently in discussions with ministers there to agree how the Government’s commitments on onshore wind will be implemented in Northern Ireland.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to announce its decision on the route of Phase Two of High Speed 2 between Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The government will set out how to take forward HS2 Phase Two later this year.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the Exceptional Hardship Scheme from its inception to its replacement by the Need to Sell scheme.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
To date the total cost of properties purchased under the Exceptional Hardship Scheme for the Phase One route is £83,952,010. There are a number of transactions that are yet to be completed.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the costs of operating a discretionary compensation scheme along the planned High Speed 2 Phase One route in the period to one year after the opening of Phase One.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The current estimate of the costs of operating discretionary compensation schemes along the planned High Speed 2 Phase One route in the period to one year after the opening of Phase One is £655m (based on 2Q 2011 prices). Additionally we estimate that the homeowner payment scheme will be £20m.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining the High Speed 2 network over the 60 year appraisal period set out in his Department's publication, The Economic Case for HS2.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Economic Case for HS2 published in October 2013 estimates that infrastructure maintenance costs for the HS2 network amount to £1,454m (2011 prices, PV) for Phase 1 and £2,931m (2011 prices, PV) for the full Y-Network over the 60 year appraisal period.