Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Post EU constitutional issues
Background
The Committee has agreed to hold a series of sessions on post-EU constitutional issues, including on the implementation of the Trade and Co-Operation Agreement, intergovernmental relations, retained EU law, and implementation of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol.
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Following the publication of the Committees report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill (UK Parliament Legislation) the Convener wrote to:
The Presiding Officer, Rt Hon Alison Johnstone MSP
The Secretary of State for Housing, Levelling Up and Communities. Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development affairs. The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP.
Response from UK Government Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Felicity Buchan MP, on the points made in the CEEAC Committee's reports on the Impact of Brexit on Devolution and the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill LCM.
Oral evidence
30 June 2022
Implementation of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol
The Committee took evidence from:
Stuart Anderson, Head of Public Affairs, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, Research Fellow, Post-Brexit Governance NI, Queen’s University Belfast
Declan Billington, Chief Executive, John Thompson and Sons Ltd
Committee papers
Papers for the meeting on 30 June 2022
Retained EU Law
The Committee took evidence from:
Professor Kenneth Armstrong, Professor of European Law, University of Cambridge
Michael Clancy OBE, Director of Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland
Dr Tom West, Researcher, Hansard Society
Dr Emily Hancox, Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol School of Law
Kirsty Hood QC, Faculty of Advocates
Committee papers
Papers for the meeting on 30 June 2022
Late submissions received
Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript)
Official Report of meeting on 30 June 2022
Intergovernmental Relations, 9 June 2022
The Committee took evidence from:
Jess Sargeant, Senior Researcher, Institute for Government
Dr Paul Anderson, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Coree Brown Swan, Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Queen’s University Belfast
Committee papers
Papers for the meeting on 9 June 2022
Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript)
Official Report of meeting on 9 June 2022
Implementation of the Trade and Co-Operation Agreement, 26 May 2022
The Committee took evidence from:
Dr Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive and Chief Economist, European Policy Centre
Professor Catherine Barnard, Deputy Director, UK in a Changing Europe
Professor Christina Eckes, Professor of European Law, University of Amsterdam
Ian Forrester QC LLD, Honorary Professor of European Law, University of Glasgow
Committee papers
Papers for the meeting on 26 May 2022
Late papers received
Ian Forrester, A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning
Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript)
Official Report of meeting on 26 May 2022
Legislative Consent after Brexit, 19 May 2022
The Committee took evidence from:
Professor Nicola McEwen, Professor of Territorial Politics, University of Edinburgh
Professor Stephen Tierney, Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of Edinburgh
Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
Akash Paun, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government
Michael Clancy, Director Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland
Professor Alan Page, Emeritus Professor of Public Law, University of Dundee
Committee papers
Papers for the meeting on 19 May 2022
Briefing from Prof Nicola McEwen
Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript)
Official Report of meeting on 19 May 2022
Written submissions
Professor Ian Forrester QC (Implementation of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement)
Professor Christina Eckes (Implementation of the Trade and Co-Operation Agreement)
Faculty of Advocates (Retained EU Law)
Law Society of Scotland (Retained EU Law)
Public Law Project (324KB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(Retained EU Law)Dr Paul Anderson (207KB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(Inter Governmental Relations)Dr Coree Brown Swan (127KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Inter-Governmental Relations)Declan Billington (148KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Implementation of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol)Dr Lisa Claire Whitten (177KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Implementation of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol)Dr Emily Hancox (184KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Retained EU law)Hansard Society (158KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Retained EU law)Professor Aileen McHarg (198KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Legislative Consent after Brexit)Institute for Government (228KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
(Legislative Consent after Brexit)Professor Nicola McEwen (Legislative Consent after Brexit)
Adviser Briefing
Joint briefing from SPICe and Professor Tobias Lock, the Committee's adviser (872KB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(EU-UK Trade Agreement)Joint briefing from SPICe and Professor Katy Hayward, the Committee's Adviser (2MB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland)Joint briefing from SPICe and Professor Michael Keating, the Committee's Adviser (393KB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(Inter-Governmental Relations)Joint briefing from SPICe and Professor Tobias Lock, the Committee's Adviser (952KB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(Retained EU Law)Briefing from Dr Chris McCorkindale, the Committee's Adviser (207KB, pdf) posted 09 August 2022
(Legislation Consent after Brexit)Committee Report
The Committee published its report on the Impact of Brexit on Devolution on Tuesday 22nd September 2022.
Read the Report. (1MB, pdf) posted 22 September 2022
Response from UK Government Minister
Response from UK Government Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Felicity Buchan MP, on the points made in the CEEAC Committee's reports on the Impact of Brexit on Devolution and the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill LCM
Correspondence
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