EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
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The EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (EU-UK PPA) is an inter-parliamentary institution established by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to bring together members from the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the European Parliament.[1] The assembly aims to be a forum for parliamentarians to exchange views on the implementation and operation of the TCA.
Membership
The EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly has 70 members, 35 from the UK Parliament and 35 from the European Parliament. The devolved legislatures within the UK are each able to send two members to meetings of the UK-EU PPA to participate as observers.[2]
Chair-in-office
The chair of the UK and EP delegations assume the role of Chair-in-office of the EU-UK PPA on a rotational basis.
- Nathalie Loiseau (European Parliament)
- Oliver Heald (United Kingdom)
Bureau
The chairs and vice-chairs of each delegation constitute the six member Bureau of the assembly.[3]
- Nathalie Loiseau (Chair of the European Parliament Delegation)[4]
- Sean Kelly (Vice-chair of the European Parliament Delegation)
- Tsvetelina Penkova (Vice-chair of the European Parliament Delegation)
- Oliver Heald (Chair of the United Kingdom Delegation)[5]
- Angela Eagle (Vice-chair of the United Kingdom Delegation)
- Peter Ricketts (Vice-chair of the United Kingdom Delegation)
Meetings
Two ordinary meetings of the EU-UK PPA are held annually with extraordinary meetings being able to be called if requested by one-third of each delegation. Meetings are hosted in turn by the European Parliament and the UK Parliament.[3]
See also
- EU–UK Partnership Council, an intergovernmental body established by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
- EU–UK Civil Society Forum, a civic society forum established by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
- Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom–European Union relations
References
- ^ "First meeting of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "What is the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly?". www.hansardsociety.org.uk.
- ^ a b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/250421/RoP%20-%20final%20text%20to%20Bureau.pdf
- ^ "Members | D-UK | Delegations | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
- ^ "Membership of the UK Delegation - UK Parliament".