TWENTY-SEVENTH
REPORT
The European Scrutiny Committee has made further
progress in the matter referred to it and has agreed to the following
Report:—
REPORTS OF COUNCIL MEETINGS TAKING PLACE
DURING THE RECESS
1.1 In accordance with the recommendation
of the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons[1],
since the beginning of the 1998-99 Session we have tabled written
Questions on the day of each meeting of the Council of Ministers
asking for reports of the Council meetings. However, no written
answers are given and published during recesses. The Modernisation
Committee recommended that, for Councils taking place during recesses,
reports should be in the form of letters to the European Scrutiny
Committee which could be published by the Committee. Accordingly,
we have asked Departments to write to us with reports of Council
meetings that took place during the Recess. The House adjourned
on 28 July and the replies that have been received since then
are published as Appendix 1.
1 Seventh Report from the Modernisation Committee HC
791, (1997-98), paragraph 18. Back
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