127.-(1) There shall be a select committee, to be called the
Select Committee on European Legislation, to examine European
Community Documents and-
(a) to report its opinion on the legal and political importance
of each such document and, where it considers appropriate, to
report also on the reasons for its opinion and on any matters
of principle, policy or law which may be affected;
(b) to make recommendations for the further consideration of any
such document pursuant to Standing Order No.102 (European Standing
Committees); and
(c) to consider any issue arising upon any such document or group
of documents.
The expression "European Community Documents" means-
(i) any proposal under the Community treaties for legislation
by the Council of Ministers;
(ii) any document which is published for submission to the European
Council or the Council of Ministers;
(iii) any document (not falling within (ii) above) which is published
by one Community institution for or with a view to submission
to another Community institution and which does not relate exclusively
to consideration of any proposal for legislation;
(iv) any other document relating to European Community matters
deposited in the House by a Minister of the Crown.
(2) The committee shall consist of sixteen members.
(3) The committee and any sub-committee appointed by it shall
have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker.
(4) The committee shall have the power to appoint specialist
advisers for the purpose of particular enquiries, either to supply
information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters
of complexity within the committee's order of reference.
(5) The committee shall have power to send for persons, papers
and records; to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
to adjourn from place to place; and to report from time to time.
(6) The quorum of the committee shall be five.
(7) The committee shall have power to appoint sub-committees
and to refer to such sub-committees any of the matters referred
to the committee.
(8) Every such sub-committee shall have power to send for persons,
papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of
the House; to adjourn from place to place; and to report to the
committee from time to time.
(9) The committee shall have power to report from time to time
the minutes of evidence taken before such sub-committees.
(10) The quorum of every such sub-committee shall be two.
(11) The committee or any sub-committee appointed by it shall
have leave to confer and to meet concurrently with any committee
of the Lords on the European Communities or any sub-committee
of that committee for the purpose of deliberating and of examining
witnesses.
(12) Unless the House otherwise orders, each member nominated
to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder
of the Parliament.
Friday 5 June 1992
The following were nominated as members of the Select Committee
on European Legislation:
| Mr Harry Barnes | Mr Robert Hicks |
| Mr William Cash | Mr Jimmy Hood |
| Mr Hugh Dykes | Mr David Knox |
| Mr Derek Enright | Mrs Jacqui Lait |
| Mrs Margaret Ewing | Mr David Madel |
| Dr Norman A Godman | Mr Nigel Spearing |
| Mr David Harris | Mr Tony Marlow |
| Mr Alan Haselhurst | Mr Jimmy Wray |
Subsequent changes in the membership have been:
Friday 12 June 1992: Mrs Jacqui Lait discharged; Mr Hartley
Booth appointed.
Friday 30 October 1992: Mr Jimmy Wray discharged; Mr Jimmy
Boyce appointed.
Friday 4 December 1992: Mr Hartley Booth discharged; Mr
Peter Atkinson appointed.
Tuesday 25 January 1994: Mr Jimmy Boyce died.
Thursday 17 February 1994: Mr Kevin Hughes appointed.
Friday 13 January 1995: Dr Norman A Godman discharged;
Ms Rachel Squire appointed.
Tuesday 31 October 1995: Mr Derek Enright died.
Tuesday 28 November 1995: Mr George Stevenson appointed.
Monday 11 November 1996: Mr Kevin Hughes discharged; Mr
John McAllion appointed.
Mr Jimmy Hood was elected Chairman, 17 June 1992.
