The House of Lords EU Committee has today launched a short inquiry
into the impact of Brexit on the devolution settlement in Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Committee will consider the political and
economic implications of Brexit for the devolved jurisdictions,
and how the UK Government should reflect their interests in its
negotiations with the EU. The inquiry will also look at which
powers currently exercised at EU level should be transferred to
the devolved institutions.
Commenting , Chairman of the House of
Lords EU Committee, said:
“We’ve been told that Brexit means Brexit but what
does that mean for the constituent parts of the
UK?
“The UK’s overall vote to leave included voters
in two devolved jurisdictions expressing a preference to
remain. This presents challenges for the forthcoming
Brexit negotiations. We want to get to the bottom of the effect
of Brexit on the devolution settlement, and how the different
views across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can
all be fairly represented in the forthcoming
negotiations.
“We will explore issues including which powers
returning to the UK from Brussels should be devolved, and the
resources that the devolved institutions will need to take on
these responsibilities.
“We will begin this inquiry by taking evidence in
Edinburgh next week and we would invite anyone with views on
these issues to get in touch.”
The Committee are inviting anyone with an
interest in these issues to submit their views to euclords@parliament.uk,
no later than 3 March 2017.
Notes to Editors
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For more details on this inquiry, including the
full list of areas on which they are inviting evidence please
see the Committees webpage.
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The Committee will be taking oral evidence
in Edinburgh on Wednesday 1 February. The Committee will hear
evidence across five sessions in Holyrood
Suite 1, Macdonald Holyrood Hotel. The media can
attend these sessions by prior arrangement. The Committee will
hear evidence from:
08:15
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Professor , Scottish
Conservative and Unionist Party
09:30
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Professor Christina
Boswell, University of Edinburgh
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Professor Graeme
Roy, University of Strathclyde
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Dr Tobias Lock, University of
Edinburgh
11:00
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Professor Nicola
McEwen, University of Edinburgh
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Professor Jim
Gallagher, Nuffield College, Oxford
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Professor Alan
Page, University of Dundee
13:15
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MSP, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland’s
Place in Europe, Scottish Government
15:30
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Scott Walker, CEO, NFU
Scotland
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Councillor David O’Neill,
President, Convention of Scottish Local
Authorities
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Josh Hardie, Deputy
Director-General for Policy and Campaigns, CBI
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Professor Anton Muscatelli,
Principal, University of Glasgow
