PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING
TO THE REPORT
Wednesday 10 November 1999
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Ben Bradshaw | Mr Jim Dobbin
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| Mr Colin Breed | Ms Jenny Jones
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| Mr Roger Casale | Dr Nick Palmer
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| Mr William Cash | Mr Owen Paterson
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| Mr Michael Connarty |
Mr Laurence Robertson |
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Keith Vaz, a Member of the House (Minister of
State) and Mr Mark Lyall Grant, Head of European Union Department
(Internal), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
[Adjourned
till Wednesday 24 November at Four o'clock.
Tuesday 7 December 1999
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Michael Connarty |
Ms Jenny Jones |
| Mr Jim Dobbin | Mr Jim Marshall
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The Committee deliberated.
Commissioner Michel Barnier was examined.
[Adjourned
till Wednesday 8 December at Eleven o'Clock.
Wednesday 8 December 1999
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Michael Connarty |
Ms Jenny Jones |
| Mr Jim Dobbin | Mr Jim Marshall
|
The Committee deliberated.
Mr Richard Corbett MEP (UK, PES) and Mr Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos
MEP (Gr. EPP), both of the Constitutional Affairs Committee, were
examined.
[Adjourned
till Wednesday 8 December at half past Four o'clock.
Wednesday 8 December 1999
[Afternoon]
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Michael Connarty |
Ms Jenny Jones |
| Mr Jim Dobbin | Mr Jim Marshall
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The Committee deliberated.
Judge P J G Kapteyn, European Court of Justice, was
examined.
[Adjourned
till 15 December at Four o'clock.
Thursday 27 January 2000
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Colin Breed | Ms Jenny Jones
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| Mr Roger Casale | Mr Owen Paterson
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| Mr William Cash | Mr Anthony Steen
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| Mr Jim Dobbin |
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The Committee deliberated.
Rt Hon Neil Kinnock, Vice President, European Commission,
Mrs Jan Royall, Member of the Commissioner's Cabinet, and Mr Steve
Morris, Press Spokesman, were examined.
[Adjourned
till 2 February at Four o'clock.
Wednesday 1 March 2000
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Ben Bradshaw | Ms Jenny Jones
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| Mr Bill Cash | Mr Jim Marshall
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| Mr Michael Connarty |
Mr Owen Paterson |
| Mr Jim Dobbin | Mr Bill Rammell
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| Mr Patrick Hall | Mr Laurence Robertson
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The Committee deliberated.
Mr Richard Plender QC, was examined.
[Adjourned
till 8 March at Four o'clock.
Monday 15 May 2000
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr Colin Breed | Ms Jennifer Jones
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| Mr Roger Casale | Mr Jim Marshall
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| Mr Michael Connarty |
Mr Owen Paterson |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up
and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 21 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 22 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 23 to 51 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 52 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 53 to 73 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 74 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 75 to 81 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 82 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 83 to 95 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 96 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 97 disagreed to.
Paragraphs 98 and 99 (now paragraphs 97 and 98) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 100 (now paragraph 99) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 101 to 103 (now paragraphs 100 to 102)
read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 104 and 105 (now paragraphs 103 and 104)
read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 106 to 121 (now paragraphs 105 to 120)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 122 (now paragraph 121) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 123 to 131 (now paragraphs 122 to 130)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 132 (now paragraph 131) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 133 to 146 (now paragraphs 132 to 145)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 147 (now paragraph 146) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 148 and 149 (now paragraphs 147 and 148)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 150 (now paragraph 149) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 151 to 186 (now paragraphs 150 to 185)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 187 (now paragraph 186) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 188 (now paragraph 187) read and agreed
to.
Annexes agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Seventeenth Report of the Committee to the
House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Several papers were ordered to be appended to the
Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported
to the House. — (The Chairman.)
The Committee further deliberated.
[Adjourned
till Wednesday 17 May at Four o'clock.
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