[Brexit and devolved powers]: Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit holds first meeting, 12 October 2017

A new Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit, bringing together parliamentarians from Westminster, Edinburgh and Cardiff, along with officials from Belfast, was established in 2017 and held its first meeting at the House of Lords on 12 October 2017.

Background

The House of Lords European Union Committee, in its July 2017 report on Brexit: devolution, recommended that the structures for interparliamentary dialogue within the United Kingdom should be strengthened, to support more effective scrutiny of the Government’s handling of Brexit.

Further information

Links to information of subsequent meetings of the Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit are listed below.

Up to October 2018 the Forum had met five times:

• 12 October 2017 at the House of Lords
• 18 January 2018 at the House of Lords
• 26 March 2018 at the Scottish Parliament
• 21 June 2018 at the House of Commons
• 25 October 2018 at the National Assembly for Wales

The next meeting was planned for 14 January 2019.

At its October 2018 there was a clear view expressed by the attendees that the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) mechanism was not fit for purpose.

• Primary Source

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Committees: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee: News, 21.06.18: Interparliamentary forum on Brexit https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/devolution-brexit-interparliametary-forum-17-19/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

UK: GOV.UK: Cabinet Office: Policy Paper, March 2018: [Brexit and devolved powers] - Policy paper: Frameworks analysis http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-and-devolved-powers-policy-paper-frameworks-analysis/

Scotland: Parliamentary Business: Committees: Finance and Constitution Committee: Current Business: Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/106398.aspx

Wales: National Assembly for Wales: Assembly Business: Interparliamentary forum on Brexit http://senedd.assembly.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=22530

Wales: National Assembly for Wales: News, 25.10.18: Llywydd warns any UK post Brexit arrangements must respect devolution settlements http://www.assembly.wales/en/newhome/pages/newsitem.aspx?itemid=1919&assembly=5

Wales: National Assembly for Wales: News, 25.10.18: Media release for the Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit http://senedd.assembly.wales/documents/s80088/Interparliamentary%20forum%20on%20Brexit%20-%20statement%2025%20October%202018.pdf

United Kingdom: House of Commons: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee: 8th Report (2017-19) HC1485: [Brexit and devolved powers]: Devolution and Exiting the EU: Reconciling Differences and Building Strong Relationships http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-and-devolved-powers-devolution-and-exiting-the-eu-reconciling-differences-and-building-strong-relationships/

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