12. European Scrutiny
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 16 Members and held 45 Meetings.
|
Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
Hood, Mr Jimmy (Chairman) | 31
|
Breed, Mr Colin | 2
|
Casale, Roger | 27
|
Cash, Mr William | 34
|
Connarty, Mr Michael | 38
|
Cunningham, Tony | 26
|
David, Mr Wayne | 33
|
Davis, Mr Terry | 21
|
Dobbin, Jim | 29
|
Hendrick, Mr Mark | 25
|
Marshall, Mr Jim | 17
|
McIntosh, Miss Anne | 40
|
Robertson, Angus (added 12.11.01) | 28
|
Robertson, Mr Laurence (discharged 23.5.02)
| 1 |
Steen, Mr Anthony | 27
|
Tynan, Mr Bill | 32
|
Watkinson, Angela (added 23.5.02) | 6
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 58.2 %
|
Number of Members added: | 2
|
Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
6.3 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Dorian Gerhold, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2)
Second Clerk: Ms Jane Fox (from 3.12.01), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Clerk/Advisers: Mr David Griffiths, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mrs
Rosemary Melling CBE, Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Mick Hillyard
(until 31.10.02), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Mr Terry Byrne (from
17.6.02), Senior Clerk (Band A2) ; Miss Josephine Eldred (from
10.6.02), Senior Clerk (Band A2)
Legal Advisers: Mr Michael Carpenter, Counsel to the Speaker (European
Legislation &c) (Senior Structure Band 5); Dr Gunnar Beck
(from 17.6.02), Assistant Legal Adviser (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Miss Karen McClelland, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2); assisted by Mr Brian Dye , Chief Office Clerk (Band
C); Mr Allen Mitchell, Senior Office Clerk (Band D1); Mr Justin
Nugent (from 18.10.01 until 7.11.02), Office Support Assistant
(D2)
Secretaries: Mrs Keely Bishop, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Miss
Susan Ramsay, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Mrs Rebecca Crew, Secretary
Grade 3 (Band D1); Liz Booth (from 26.11.01), Secretary Grade
3 (Band D1); Ms Jennifer Kelly (until 23.11.01), Secretary Grade
3 (Band D1); Ms Fiona Mearns (until 10.12.01), Secretary Grade
3 (Band D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Michel Ficerai and Ms Antje Wilnath.
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers | 1
|
Other Ministers | 10
|
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)
| 2 |
Members of Parliament | 2
|
Members of Scottish Parliament | 1
|
Members of the European Parliament |
7 |
UK Permanent Representative to the EU |
1 |
European Commissioner | 1
|
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Cabinet Office | 3
|
Department of Trade and Industry |
4 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
4 |
Home Office | 7
|
Scottish Parliament | 2
|
Other witnesses | 9
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
3-5.10.01 | BrusselsA
| 3 | 1
| Twenty-fifth Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £3,371.90 |
21-24.10.01 | Brussels
| 7 | 3
| Work in preparation for the Belgian Presidency of the EU
| £10,621.76 |
29.10.01 | BrusselsA
| 1 | 1
| Third meeting of Chairmen of European Committees in the UK
| £1,211.82 |
7-8.11.01 | BrusselsA
| 1 | 1
| Third extraordinary meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum
| £452.01 |
15-16.11.01 | LjubljanaA
| 1 | 1
| Conference on Parliaments in the Process of EU Enlargement
| £2,522.85 |
25-27.11.01 | Madrid
| 6 | 2
| Work in preparation for the Spanish Presidency of the EU
| £8,249.49 |
1.12.01 | BrusselsA
| 1 | 1
| Extraordinary meeting of the Chairmen of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £648.17 |
4-5.12.01 | StockholmA
| 1 | 1
| Conference on the External Action of the EU in an era of Globalisation
| £1,874.09 |
25-27.2.02 | Brussels
| 13 | 4B
| Inquiry into Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the Role of National Parliaments
| £10,722.94 |
13-14.5.02 | MadridA
| 3 | 1
| Twenty-sixth Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £4,503.74 |
16-20.6.02 | Copenhagen and Warsaw
| 10 | 2
| Work in preparation for the Danish Presidency of the EU and work on EU enlargement
| £19,769.07 |
16.9.02 | CopenhagenA
| 1 | 1
| Meeting of Chairmen of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £1,631.90 |
7-8.10.02 | LisbonA
| 1 | 1
| WEU Seminar on security in the western Mediterranean
| £1,980.66 |
16-17.10.02 | CopenhagenA
| 3 | 1
| Twenty-seventh Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC)
| £4,735.40 |
30.10-1.11.02 | TallinnA
| 1 | 1
| 9th International Conference "the renewing of Europe - efficiency and democracy"
| £2,812.10 |
ATravel in a representative capacity
BIncludes 2 shorthand writers
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
19-20.3.02 | BrusselsA | 1
| 1 | Meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
| £1,264.14 |
8-9.7.02 | BrusselsA | 1
| 1 | Meeting of the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee
| £1,151.97 |
ATravel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
18.3.02 | Edinburgh | 6
| 3A | Inquiry into Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the Role of National Parliaments
| £2,271.56 |
AIncludes 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report | 152-i
| 30.7.01 | 204
| £18.50 | Not applicable
|
Second Report | 152-ii
| 2.11.01 | 164
| £16.50 | Not applicable
|
Third Report | 152-iii
| 12.11.01 | 84
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report | 152-iv
| 14.11.01 | 76
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Report: Convention to prepare for the 2004 Inter-Governmental Conference
| 152-v | 12.11.01
| 16 | £4.50
| Response received 6.12.01: published as First Special Report, Session 2001-02
|
Sixth Report | 152-vi
| 27.11.01 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Seventh Report | 152-vii
| 3.12.01 | 100
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Report | 152-viii
| 30.11.01 | 24
| £4.30 | Not applicable
|
Ninth Report | 152-ix
| 18.12.01 | 100
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Tenth Report | 152-x
| 17.12.01 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Eleventh Report | 152-xi
| 17.1.02 | 60
| £11.00 | Not applicable
|
Twelfth Report | 152-xii
| 25.1.02 | 92
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirteenth Report: Appointment of parliamentary representatives to the Convention on the Future of Europe
| 152-xiii | 18.1.02
| 12 | £3.50
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report | 152-xiv
| 5.2.02 | 68
| £11.00 | Not applicable
|
Fifteenth Report | 152-xv
| 11.2.02 | 76
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Sixteenth Report: Animal testing and cosmetic products including Minutes of Evidence
| 152-xvi
496-i | 4.2.02
| 28 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Seventeenth Report: European Arrest Warrant - including Minutes of Evidence.
| 152-xvii
497-i |
1.2.02 | 28
| £6.00 | Not applicable
|
Eighteenth Report | 152-xviii
| 15.2.02 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Nineteenth Report | 152-xix
| 22.2.02 | 76
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Twentieth Report | 152-xx
| 18.3.02 | 108
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-First Report | 152-xxi
| 26.3.02 | 60
| £11.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Second Report | 152-xxii
| 28.3.02 | 90
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Third Report | 152-xxiii
| 22.4.02 | 100
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Fourth Report | 152-xxiv
| 26.4.02 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Fifth Report and Twenty-Sixth Report (amalgamated)
| 152-xxv
152-xxvi |
3.5.02 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Seventh Report | 152-xxvii
| 13.5.02 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Eighth Report | 152-xxviii
| 21.5.02 | 52
| £10.00 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-Ninth Report | 152-xxix
| 27.5.02 | 60
| £11.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirtieth Report: European Scrutiny in the Commons.
| 152-xxx | 11.6.02
| 56 | £11.00
| Response received 16.10.02: published as Second Special Report, Session 2001-02
|
Thirty-First Report | 152-xxxi
| 30.5.02 | 64
| £11.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Second Report | 152-xxxii
| 4.7.02 | 88
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Third Report: Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the role of national parliaments Vol I
| 152-xxxiii-I | 21.6.02
| 108 | £14.50
| Response received 17.10.02: published as Third Special Report, Session 2001-02
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the role of national parliaments
| 347 i-xv
152-xxxiii-II
| 21.6.02 | 216
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Fourth Report | 152-xxxiv
| 11.7.02 | 52
| £10.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Fifth Report | 152-xxxv
| 19.7.02 | 84
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Sixth Report | 152-xxxvi
| 25.7.02 | 68
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Seventh Report | 152-xxxvii
| 26.7.02 | 92
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Eighth Report | 152-xxxvii
| 11.11.02 | 124
| £14.50 | Not applicable
|
Thirty-Ninth Report | 152-xxxix
| 11.11.02 | 80
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Fortieth Report | 152-xl
| 20.11.02 | 76
| £12.00 | Not applicable
|
Forty-First Report | 152-xli
| 25.11.02 | 84
| £13.00 | Not applicable
|
Forty-Second Report: Reform of COSAC | 152-xlii
| 8.11.02 | 20
| £4.50 | Not applicable
|
First Special Report: Convention to prepare for the 2004 Inter-Governmental Conference: Government observations on the Fifth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee of Session 2001-02
| 457 | 17.12.01
| 8 | £3.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: European Scrutiny in the Commons: Government observations on the Committee's Thirtieth Report of Session 2001-02
| 1256 | 29.10.02
| 16 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Democracy and accountability in the EU and the role of national parliaments: Government observations on the Committee's Thirty-third Report of Session 2001-02.
| 1257 | 30.10.02
| 16 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Scrutiny of Justice and Home Affairs Documents - Minutes of Evidence
| 325 | 3.12.01
| 20 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: E-Communications Regulatory Framework
| 857-i | 17.6.02
| 12 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Barcelona European Council
| 790-i | 17.6.02
| 16 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
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Minutes of Evidence: Convention on Future of Europe
| 871-i | 15.7.02
| 16 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Internal Security and International Protection
| 1039-i | 26.7.02
| 12 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: The Seville Council and the Convention on the Future of Europe
| 1112-i | 11.10.02
| 16 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Scrutiny of Justice and Home Affairs Documents
| 325-i | 27.11.02
| 18 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Commission's Annual Work Programme
| 1290-i |
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| |
Minutes of Evidence: European Scrutiny in the Commons
| 1298-i |
| |
| |
Minutes of Evidence: Scrutiny Reserve Breach
| 1307-i |
| |
| |
Minutes of Evidence: Scrutiny Reserve Breach
| 1308-i |
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Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02
will be published as HC 1318, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
18.7.01 | Two, one on election of Chairman and one on consideration of the Committee's First Report.
|
6.2.02 | One, on consideration of the Committee's Eighteenth Report.
|
20.5.02 | Three, on consideration of the Committee's Thirtieth Report.
|
12.6.02 | One hundred and thirty-five, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the Role of National Parliaments.
|
Debates
The following Reports were listed on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Thirteenth Report, Session 2000-01, Motion for the Adjournment
of the House (Common Fisheries Policy Reform and Sustainable Development),
6.12.01.
Thirty-First Report, Session 2001-02, and Twenty-Third Report,
Session 2001-02, Motion for the Adjournment of the House (European
Affairs), 18.6.02.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 22 of the Committee's 45 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Animal Testing and Cosmetic Products | 1
|
Barcelona European Council | 1
|
Commission's Annual Work Programme. | 1
|
Convention on Future of Europe | 1
|
Democracy and Accountability in the EU and the Role of National Parliaments
| 11 |
E-Communications Regulatory Framework | 1
|
European Arrest Warrant | 1
|
Internal Security and International Protection
| 1 |
Scrutiny in the Commons | 1
|
Scrutiny of Justice and Home Affairs Documents
| 1 |
Scrutiny Reserve Breaches | 1
|
Seville Council and Convention on the Future of Europe
| 1 |
Total | 22
|
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