Select Committee on European Scrutiny Eleventh Report


Formal minutes


Wednesday 28 February2007

Members present:

Mr Michael Connarty, in the Chair
Mr William Cash

Mr James Clappison

Ms Katy Clark

Jim Dobbin

Nia Griffith

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Jimmy Hood

Mr Lindsay Hoyle

Richard Younger-Ross

The Committee deliberated.

Mobile phone "roaming" charges: Rt Hon. Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Industry and the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry, Mr Nigel Hickson, Deputy Director of EU ICT Policy, Business Relations Unit, and Ms Eve Race, Head of Legal Group dealing with Business, Consumers and Employment, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.

Draft Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1.1 to 6.7 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 6.8 read. Amendment proposed, in line 3, to leave out the words "although we do not think they give rise to any issues requiring further consideration, we think it right, in clearing them, to draw them to the attention of the House" and to insert the words "we recommend the documents for debate in European Standing Committee".—(Mr William Cash.)

Question put that the Amendment be made.

Ayes, 3 Noes, 4
Mr William CashMs Katy Clark
Mr James ClappisonJim Dobbin
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Nia Griffith
Mr Jimmy Hood

Paragraph agreed to.

Paragraphs 7.1 to 11 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

The Committee further deliberated.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 7 March at 2.20 p.m.


 
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