Formal minutes
Wednesday 19 July 2006
Members present:
Mike Gapes, in the Chair
Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr John Horam
Mr Eric Illsley
Mr Paul Keetch
Andrew Mackinlay
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Mr Greg Pope
Mr Ken Purchase
Sir John Stanley
Ms Gisela Stuart
Richard Younger-Ross
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Developments in the European Union), proposed by
the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 9 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 10 read and postponed.
Paragraphs 11 to 13 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 14 read, as follows:
In May 2006, the then Minister for Europe, Douglas
Alexander, told us that,
I would argue that in what was ultimately agreed
among the heads of government at the December European Council
and what is now being followed through in the institutional process,
we achieved what many regarded as being very unlikely, which was
to find the common ground and consensus on the issue of the European
budget.
The final verdict on whether the deal reached on
the budget was a good one for the United Kingdom and, indeed,
for the European Union as a whole, will have to await the outcome
of the mid-term review of the CAP and other expenditure.
Amendment proposed, to leave out lines 7 to 9 and
to insert the words "The deal reached on the budget has not
clarified the mechanism of EU funding or ended the capricious
nature of national contributions. The certainty of higher UK net
contributions has brought only the possibility of substantive
CAP reform in the mid term review."(Mr David Heathcoat-Amory)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 3
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Paul Keetch
Sir John Stanley
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Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr Eric Illsley
Andrew Mackinlay
Sandra Osborne
Mr Greg Pope
Mr Ken Purchase
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 15 to 32 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 33 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 34 to 62 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 63 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 64 to 92 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 93 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 94 to 106 read and agreed to.
Postponed paragraph 10 again read, amended and agreed
to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Sixth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions
of Standing Order No.134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied
to the Report.
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.)
[Adjourned till Two o'clock on Wednesday 18 October.
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