European Union Committee
Beyond Brexit: how to win friends and influence people
35th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 25 March 2019 - HL Paper 322
Contents
Chapter 2: Governance of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration
The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration
Governance of the Withdrawal Agreement
The Joint Committee on the Withdrawal Agreement
The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Box 1: UK Government commitments to Northern Ireland and its integral place in the United Kingdom
The Specialised Committee on the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus
The Specialised Committee on Gibraltar
Governance of the negotiations on the future relationship
Governance of the future relationship
The Joint Committee on the future relationship
Analysis of the Joint Committee and Specialised Committee models
Box 2: The EEA Joint Committee
Box 3: EU-Switzerland Joint Committees
Chapter 3: Other inter-institutional mechanisms
UK interaction with EU agencies
Participation in EU programmes and other areas of cooperation
The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
The work of UKRep and other Brussels-based UK offices and organisations
Other Brussels-based UK offices and organisations
The role of the devolved administrations
Involvement in the Withdrawal Agreement inter-institutional structures
Involvement in the negotiations on the future relationship
Bilateral dialogue with EU Member States
A case study: the UK-Ireland bilateral relationship
Chapter 4: Inter-parliamentary relations and the role of Parliament
Scrutiny of EU legislative proposals
Scrutiny of the formal inter-institutional governance mechanisms under the Withdrawal Agreement
Scrutiny of the future relationship
Scrutiny of the future relationship negotiations
Scrutiny of the future relationship
Scrutiny of UK interaction with EU agencies and programmes
Formal inter-parliamentary dialogue
Box 4: European Parliament Rules of Procedure on inter-parliamentary dialogue
UK participation in inter-parliamentary conferences
Bilateral relations with Member State national parliaments
Engagement with the devolved legislatures
The future of the EU Committee
The Liaison Committee Review of the House of Lords’ investigative and scrutiny committees
Summary of conclusions and recommendations