Lords EU committee to question ministers on December European Council conclusions
The House of Lords EU Committee will tomorrow question David Jones MP, Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the EU and Alok Sharma MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the conclusions of the December European Council.
Areas the session will cover include:
- An update on Brexit discussions at the December summit, and subsequent developments including the resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK Ambassador to the EU.
- The EU's response to the ongoing refugee crisis.
- The EU and UK's response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
- How the UK will contribute to strengthened European cooperation on defence and security issues in the context of Brexit.
The evidence session will start at 4pm on Tuesday 10 January in Committee Room 3 of the House of Lords.
