Committee to hold evidence session with Leo Docherty MP, Minister for Europe
At 1.30pm on Tuesday 7 March the House of Lords European Affairs Committee will hear from Leo Docherty MP, Minister for Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
This will be the final evidence session of the committee’s inquiry examining the overarching state of the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship and how it might be improved in the future.
Background
The Committee’s aim of the UK/EU Relationship inquiry is to examine the overarching state of the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship and how it might be improved in the future. The inquiry will investigate:
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The overall UK-EU political, diplomatic and institutional relationship;
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The UK-EU relationship on foreign policy and security;
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The UK-EU relationship on environment and climate change matters;
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The UK-EU relationship on culture, education and mobility of people
Meeting details
Possible topics
- How the Government would like to see the UK-EU relationship develop over the next few years, in light of the Windsor Framework
- The UK-EU relationship in foreign and security policy
- The UK’s approach to the NATO-EU relationship, and wider UK-EU defence cooperation
- UK-EU energy cooperation in the context of the current energy security challenges in Europe, including on renewables in the North Sea
- Climate change mitigation
- Movement of creative professionals between the UK and the EU
- School visits and student exchanges between the UK and the EU
- The institutional relationship between the UK and the EU
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