Lords committee to examine Devolution Implications of UK–EU Dynamic Alignment

On Tuesday 28 April from 11:00am the House of Lords European Affairs Committee will continue its  inquiry into dynamic alignment.

The Government is negotiating three new agreements with the EU, on a common SPS area, Emission Trading Scheme linkage, and UK participation in the EU internal electricity market.

This week the Committee will be exploring aspects of prospective dynamic alignment with the EU that are related to devolution and the devolved Governments and legislatures.

From 11:00am the Committee will hear from:

• Lord Bew, Emeritus Professor of Irish Politics, Queen's University Belfast

• Professor Jo Hunt, Professor of Law, Cardiff School of Law and Politics, University of Cardiff 

• Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, Research Fellow, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast

The evidence session will take place in Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster and will be available to watch live from 11:00 or on demand on Parliamentlive.tv. 

The Committee is expected to ask questions around the following issues:

• Lessons from Northern Ireland's experience of having to follow changing EU rules under the Protocol/Windsor Framework. 

• Lessons from Scottish and Welsh Governments' pursuit of policy commitments to ‘keep pace' with EU standards.

• Issues UK dynamic alignment with the EU could create for the devolved Governments and legislatures, including the way in which the UK Government and Parliament would need to engage with the devolveds.