Research Briefing
A House of Commons Library briefing paper discussing the EU REACH regulation for chemicals, the impact of Brexit on the chemicals industry and UK Government plans for a separate UK REACH regime after the end of the transition period.
Research Briefing
The UK left the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) at the end of the Brexit transition period and has implemented a UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to replace it.
Insight
What dispute settlement mechanisms are in place for the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement?
Research Briefing
A 90-minute online e-petition session on 'The movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland' is scheduled for Monday 22 February 2021 from 4:30-6:00pm. This petition was started by Arlene Foster, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, and the session will be led by Elliot Colburn MP.
Research Briefing
What does Brexit mean for financial services? This briefing reviews progress and possibilities – from the 2018 Political Declaration to preparations for Brexit with no deal.
Research Briefing
This is a reading list of publications on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and future UK-EU relations from library, research services and committees of the UK and devolved parliaments and assemblies.
Insight
The new relationship needs different scrutiny arrangements from when the UK was in the EU and during transition.
Insight
What is Article 16? How is it triggered? How does it relate to EU’s new plans for vaccine controls?
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of the rules which affect getting divorced where there is a cross-border element, including divorces involving residents or nationals of EU Member States.
Research Briefing
After transition the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) provisions no longer apply to the UK and formal cooperation in these areas does not form part of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement reached at the end of December 2020. Instead, the UK Government envisages a flexible, ad hoc approach that will make use of channels of broader dialogue with the EU. How this will work in practice remains to be seen.
Research Briefing
After nearly two years of negotiation, on 5 November 2020 the EU agreed the rules on third state participation in its defence capability development initiative: PESCO. Post Brexit, those rules will now apply to the UK.
Debate Pack
A general debate on Global Britain has been scheduled for Monday 11 January 2021 in the Main Chamber
Research Briefing
This paper provides a timeline of the major events leading up to the EU referendum and subsequent dates of note, including Brexit Day itself.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons briefing provides information on the Erasmus+ programme and discusses the future position of the UK with regard to the scheme post Brexit. On 24 December 2020 the Prime Minister announced that the UK would no longer participate in Erasmus+ and would develop its own replacement programme - the Turing Scheme.
Research Briefing
The financial settlement - often labelled the 'exit bill' or 'divorce bill' - sets out how the UK and EU are settling their outstanding financial commitments to each other. This briefing covers the settlement in detail including the settlement’s origins, negotiations and the legal form it takes in the Withdrawal Agreement.
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