Information and statistics relating to European Community documents (as defined in Standing Order No. 143 (Select Committee on European Legislation) paragraph (1) (i)-(iv) until 17th November 1998, thereafter as defined in Standing Order No. 143 (European Scrutiny Committee) paragraph (1) (i)-(vi))

Consideration by the Select Committee on European Legislation*

No. of documents considered by the Select Committee on European Legislation	No. referred to European Standing Committee A	No. referred to European Standing Committee B	No. recommended for debate on the floor of the House	No. to which the attention of the House was drawn	No. not noticed
1,232	11	22	5	48	824

Consideration by the European Scrutiny Committee*

No. of documents considered by the European Scrutiny Committee	No. referred to European Standing Committee A	No. referred to European Standing Committee B	No. referred to European Standing Committee C	No. recommended for debate on the floor of the House	No. to which the attention of the House was drawn	No. not noticed
25	0	0	0	0	0	19

*Standing Order No. 143 (Select Committee on European Legislation) appointing the Committee, was repealed on 17th November 1998; and was replaced by Standing Order No. 143 (European Scrutiny Committee) on the same date.

Consideration on a Motion on the floor of the House

No. of documents considered on the floor of the House	No. of documents debated on the floor of the House	No. of documents on which the question was put forthwith
60 on 31 Motions	15 on 6 Motions	45 on 25 Motions

Consideration in European Standing Committee

EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEE A
Title of Document	Date considered
Landfill waste sites (6692/97)	12th November 1997
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: controls on cattle, sheep and goats (10040/97)	19th November 1997
Food law (8150/97) Consumer health and food safety (8386/97)	26th November 1997
Agenda 2000: as it refers to reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (9984/97)	10th December 1997
Cocoa and chocolate (8164/96)	14th January 1998
Bananas (5357/98) Assistance for traditional ACP suppliers of bananas (6150/98)	25th March 1998
Water Policy (7531/97 and 12929/97) Bathing water (6177/94 and 12591/97)	29th April 1998
Fisheries Monitoring under the Common Fisheries Policy (6123/98)	20th May 1998
Agrimonetary arrangements and the introduction of the Euro (9597/98)	18th November 1998
Total no. of documents considered: 14
Total no. of meetings: 9

Chairmen and Members of European Standing Committee A

Chairmen (appointment): The following members of the Chairmen's panel were appointed by the Speaker to chair sittings of European Standing Committee A:

Mr Donald Anderson (1), Mr Peter Atkinson (2), Mr Barry Jones (1), Mr John Maxton (2), Mr Edward O'Hara (1), Mrs Marion Roe (2)

Members (appointment and attendance): The following Members were appointed by the Committee of Selection to European Standing Committee A:

Mr Harold Best (6/9), Mr David Borrow (7/9), Mr Paul Clark (7/9), Mrs Janet Dean (4/4), Mr Jim Dobbin (9/9), Mr Christopher Gill (9/9), Mrs Joan Humble (9/9), Laura Moffatt (2/5), Mr Owen Patterson (7/9), Mr Lawrie Quinn (8/9), Mr Keith Simpson (8/9), Mr John Swinney (7/9), Mr William Thompson (5/9), Mr Rudi Vis (6/9)

Chairmen and Members of European Standing Committee B

Chairmen (appointment): The following members of the Chairmen's panel were appointed by the Speaker to chair sittings of European Standing Committee B:

Mr Peter Atkinson (3), Mr John Butterfill (1), Dr Michael Clark (1), Mr Frank Cook (1), Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (2), Mr Roger Gale (2), Mr Barry Jones (1), Mr John Maxton (1), Mr Edward O'Hara (2), Mr Bowen Wells (1), Mrs Ann Winterton (2)

Members (appointment and attendance): The following Members were appointed by the Committee of Selection to European Standing Committee B:

Dr Vincent Cable (8/17), Mr Vernon Coaker (16/17), Mr Philip Hammond (13/13), Mr Kelvin Hopkins (16/17), Dr Stephen Ladyman (17/17), Mr Oliver Letwin (16/17), Mr Tony McNulty (11/13), Dr Nick Palmer (16/17), Mr Bill Rammell (14/17), Mr William Ross (5/17), Miss Geraldine Smith (3/4), Mr George Stevenson (14/17), Mr Derek Twigg (15/17), Mr Robert Walter (2/4), Mr John Wilkinson (10/17)

Other Members: the following Members attended meetings of European Standing Committees pursuant to Standing Order No. 119(5):

Ms Diane Abbott (1), Mr Donald Anderson (1), Mr Tony Baldry (2), Mr John Battle (4), Mr Hugh Bayley (1), Mr John Bercow (1), Mr Clive Betts (1), Mr Tim Boswell (5), Mr Graham Brady (1), Mr Peter Brand (1), Mr Colin Breed (1), Mr Peter Brooke (1), Mrs Angela Browning (1), Mr Ian Bruce (1), Mr Richard Burden (6), Christine Butler (1), Mrs Anne Campbell (4), Mr Roger Casale (1), Mr William Cash (4), Sir Sydney Chapman (1), Mr Christopher Chope (1), Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (1), Mr Jeremy Corbyn (1), Jean Corston (1), Mr Brian Cotter (1), Mr David Curry (2), Mr Tam Dalyell (1), Mr Quentin Davies (1), Mr David Davis (1), Mr Stephen Day (1), Mr Frank Doran (1), Angela Eagle (1), Mr Jeff Ennis (1), Mr David Faber (1), Mr Michael Fallon (1), Mr Howard Flight (3), Mr Eric Forth (6), Mr George Foulkes (2), Mr Neil Gerrard (1), Mr Nick Gibb (1), Mr Mike Gapes (1), Mr Andrew George (1), Dr Ian Gibson (1), Mrs Cheryl Gillan (4), Mr James Gray (1), Mr John Greenway (1), Mr Nick Hawkins (1), Mr John Hayes (1), Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (4), Ms Patricia Hewitt (1), Mr John Home Robertson (1), Mr Gerald Howarth (2), Mr Michael Jack (3), Lynne Jones (1), Tessa Jowell (1), Mr Charles Kennedy (1), Jane Kennedy (4), Mr Andrew Lansley (2), Mrs Jackie Lawrence (1), Dr Julian Lewis (1), Mrs Helen Liddell (5), Mr David Lidington (6), Mr Ian McCartney (2), Miss Anne McIntosh (1), Mr David Maclean (15), Mr Denis MacShane (1), Mr Tony McWalter (1), Mr John Maples (1), Mr Michael Meacher (1), Margaret Moran (1), Mr Elliot Morley (1), Mr Patrick Nicholls (1), Mr James Paice (4), Mr Greg Pope (21), Bridget Prentice (1), Dawn Primarolo (1), Mr John Randall (1), Mr John Redwood (1), Mr Andrew Robathan (1), Mrs Barbara Roche (2), Mr Jeff Rooker (6), Mr Jonathan Sayeed (1), Debra Shipley (1), Mr John Smith (1), Mrs Caroline Spelman (3), Sir Michael Spicer (1), Dr Phyllis Starkey (1), Mr Anthony Steen (1), Mr Andrew Stunell (1), Mr Robert Syms (1), Mr Stephen Timms (1), Dr Jenny Tonge (1), Mr Don Touhig (2), Mr John Townend (1), Mr Andrew Tyrie (2), Mr Nigel Waterson (1), Mr Bowen Wells (2), Mr John Whittingdale (2), Mrs Ann Winterton (1), Mr Nicholas Winterton (1), Mr Phil Wools (1), Mr Shaun Woodward (1), Mr Tim Yeo (1)