Sessional Returns 2004-05 - Contents


7  EUROPEAN LEGISLATION, ETC.

Information and statistics relating to European Union documents (as defined in Standing Order No. 143 (European Scrutiny Committee) paragraph (1) (i)-(vi).

A  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
251
11
8
4
4
13

B  CONSIDERATION ON A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND IN EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEES

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
22 on 11 motions4 on 1 motion 18 on 10 motions

Consideration in European Standing Committee
EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEE A
Title of document
Date considered
Global Satellite Navigation System (9941/04, 11834/04, 13300/04 and Unnumbered memorandum dated 26th May submitted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 2nd December 2004
Flood Prevention (11422/04) 8th December 2004
Common Agricultural Policy: Reform of the Sugar Sector (11491/04) 15th December 2004
Humane Trapping Standards (12200/04) 12th January 2005
Financing of Agriculture and Rural Development Policy (11557/04 and 11495/04) 23rd February 2005
Fishing Opportunities for certain fish stocks in 2005 and 2006 (15237/04 and 15390/04) 8th March 2005
Third Railway Package (7170/04, 7147/04, 7172/04, 7149/04, 7148/04 and 7150/04) 9th March 2005
Total number of documents considered: 17
Total number of meetings: 7


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 David Chidgey (1), Mr John Cummings (3), Mr Eric Forth (1), Mr Mike Hancock (1), Mr Jonathan Sayeed (1)

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

Mrs Janet Dean (5/7), Mr Parmjit Dhanda (4/7), Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) (4/7), Mr Mark Francois (3/7), Matthew Green (6/7), David Hamilton (3/7), Mr Mark Hoban (1/7), Norman Lamb (2/7), Rob Marris (2/7), Dr Nick Palmer (3/7), Mr Peter Viggers (0/7), Dr Rudi Vis (4/7), Iain Wright (6/7)

Overall percentage attendance: 47%
EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEE B
Title of document
Date considered
Turkish accession to the European Union (13244/04 and Addenda 1-2) 7th December 2004
Procedure for the adoption of measures relating to visas, asylum and immigration (15130/04) 13th December 2004
Protection of workers from risks arising from optical radiation (10678/04) 24th January 2005
European Defence Equipment Market (13177/04) 8th February 2005
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (9050/04) 22nd February 2005
The fight against fraud (11890/04 and 11981/04) 2nd March 2005
European Anti-Fraud Office (14549/04) 2nd March 2005
Unnumbered memorandum relating to the 2003 Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2nd March 2005
Creation of a Fundamental Rights Agency (14223/04) 14th March 2005
Total number of documents considered: 10
Total number of meetings: 7

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 Martin Caton (1), Mr John Cummings (1), Mr Eric Forth (1), Mr Win Griffiths (1), Mr Mike Hancock (1), Mr Bill O'Brien (1), Mr Bill Olner (1)

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

John Barrett (0/7), Mr Liam Byrne (5/7), David Cairns (7/7), Paul Farrelly (4/7), Dr Hywel Francis (3/7), Jane Griffiths (3/7), Mr Kelvin Hopkins (7/7), Mr Boris Johnson (5/7), Mr Elfyn Llwyd (0/3), Anne Picking (1/7), Mark Tami (2/7), Mr Robert Walter (2/7), Mr John Wilkinson (1/7), Pete Wishart (0/4)

Overall percentage attendance: 44%

EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEE C
Title of document
Date considered
Services of General Interest (9824/03, 7549/04 and 9643/04) 1st December 2004
E-Europe 2005 Action Plan and Addenda 1-2 (9675/04) 13th January 2005
Generalised System of Preferences (13931/04) 10th March 2005
Total number of documents considered: 5
Total number of meetings: 3

Chairmen and Members of European Standing Committee C

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

Mr Martin Caton (1), Mr David Chidgey (1), Mr Jonathan Sayeed (1)

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

Tony Cunningham (2/3), Valerie Davey (1/3), Jim Dobbin (3/3), Mr Dai Havard (1/3), Mr Ivan Henderson (3/3), Stephen Hesford (2/3), Mr Michael Jack (1/3), Mr Iain Luke (3/3), Dr Andrew Murrison (3/3), The Reverend Martin Smyth (3/3), Mr Hugo Swire (3/3), Mr Anthony D. Wright (3/3), Richard Younger-Ross (3/3)

Overall percentage attendance: 79%

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

Mr Douglas Alexander (2), Mr Tim Boswell (2), Peter Bradley (2), Mr Ben Bradshaw (2), Mr Graham Brady (2), Mr Julian Brazier (2), Andy Burnham (1), Mr Alan Campbell (1), Mr Christopher Chope (1), Mr Vernon Coaker (1), Mr Tony Colman (1), Mr Jonathan Djanogly (1), Mr David Drew (1), Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (1), Michael Fabricant (1), Barbara Follett (1), Andrew George (1), Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (1), Mr Adam Ingram (1), Huw Irranca-Davies (2), Mr David Jamieson (1), Mr Eric Joyce (1), Jane Kennedy (2), Mr Greg Knight (1), Mr David Lammy (1), Miss Anne McIntosh (1), Mr Tony McNulty (1), Mr Denis MacShane (1), Fiona Mactaggart (1), Mr John McWilliam (1), Mr Khalid Mahmood (1), Mr Humfrey Malins (1), Alun Michael (2), Mr Elliot Morley (1), Mr Jim Murphy (16), Mr Mike O'Brien (1), Lembit Öpik (1), Mr Owen Paterson (2), Mr Mark Prisk (1), James Purnell (1), Lawrie Quinn (2), Angus Robertson (1), Dr Phyllis Starkey (1), Ian Stewart (1), Mr Stephen Timms (1), Mr Paul Tyler (1), Mr Andrew Tyrie (1)



 
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