Sir MP, the Minister of State for
Courts and Justice, will be questioned at the final evidence
session of the EU Justice Sub Committee’s short inquiry into the
consequences of Brexit for civil justice cooperation
on Tuesday 31 January.
Over the course of the inquiry the Committee has
explored topics including how the UK will maintain civil justice
cooperation post Brexit without the oversight of the Court of
Justice of the EU; the importance to the operation of the UK-EU
legal system of the Brussels regime of Regulations; and what
aspects of the regime the witnesses would be most concerned to
lose once we leave the EU.
The Committee will have the opportunity to
explore Government’s views on these issues with the Minister, as
well as other aspects including:
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Will the common law rules be an adequate
replacement for the Brussels regime?
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Does the Government wish to see the rules contained
in the three Regulations incorporated via the Great Repeal
Bill? And,
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In light of the Prime Minister’s clear rejection of
a post-Brexit role for the Court of Justice of the EU what
alternatives the Government would like to see for post-Brexit
UK cooperation with the remaining EU Member States in the areas
covered by these Regulations?
The evidence session will take place at
10.45am on Tuesday 31 January in Committee Room 3 of the House of
Lords.
Notes to Editors
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The evidence sessions are open to the public. If
you wish to attend you should go to Parliament’s Cromwell Green
Entrance and allow time for security screening.
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You can watch the session live on the internet
at www.parliamentlive.tv.
Sessions can also be viewed back at any time after the event
and it is now possible to clip parts of evidence sessions and
share them on social media and third party
websites.
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The House of Lords EU Justice
Sub-Committee is one of six sub-committees of the
House of Lords European Union Select Committee. To find out
more, including the Committee’s membership, please visit
its webpage.
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The Committee is chaired by . To arrange
interviews or other media activity with the Committee please
contact Anouska Russell on +44(0)
207 219 8535.
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The House of Lords EU Committee and its six
Sub-Committees are conducting a coordinated series of short
inquiries looking at the key issues that will arise in the
forthcoming negotiations on Brexit. Taken as a whole, this
programme of work will be the most extensive and thorough
parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit.
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It is expected the Committees will complete this
work in early 2017, ahead of the Government’s potential
triggering of Article 50 of the EU Treaty, which would signal
the start of the formal negotiations on UK withdrawal from the
EU.
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The European Union Committee’s report on the
process for exiting the EU, published prior to the referendum
on 23 June, has been widely credited as the authoritative guide
to the process, and is available online here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldeucom/138/138.pdf
