Formal minutes
Wednesday 14 January 2008
Members present:
Mr Michael Connarty in the Chair
Mr Adrian Bailey
Mr David S Borrow
Mr William Cash
Mr James Clappison
Jim Dobbin
Mr Greg Hands
| | Keith Hill
Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Bob Laxton
Angus Robertson
Mr Anthony Steen
Richard Younger-Ross
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Draft Report on the Work of the Committee 2008
Draft Report (Work of the Committee 2008),
proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 8 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 9 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 2, after "public."
to insert the words "This meant the Committee decided what
action to take on EU documents, and considered its draft reports
on certain documents scrutinised, in private." — (Mr
Greg Hands.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 3 | Noes, 7
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| Mr William Cash
Mr Greg Hands
Angus Robertson
| Mr Adrian Bailey
Mr David S Borrow
Mr James Clappison
Jim Dobbin
Keith Hill
Mr Bob Laxton
Richard Younger-Ross
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Another Amendment made.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraph 10 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 11 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 3, after "draft
report" to insert the words "and to take decisions on
any further scrutiny on EU documents." — (Mr Greg
Hands.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 4 | Noes, 6
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| Mr William Cash
Mr James Clappison
Mr Greg Hands
Richard Younger-Ross
| Mr Adrian Bailey
Mr David S Borrow
Jim Dobbin
Keith Hill
Mr Bob Laxton
Angus Robertson
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraph 12 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 8, to leave out the words
"The House" and to insert the words, "Despite Opposition
parties tabling an amendment to retain the presumption that Committee
deliberations would be public, the House" —(Mr Greg
Hands.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 5 | Noes, 6
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| Mr William Cash
Mr James Clappison
Mr Greg Hands
Angus Robertson
Richard Younger-Ross
| Mr Adrian Bailey
Mr David S Borrow
Jim Dobbin
Keith Hill
Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Bob Laxton
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraph 13 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 2, after "memberships"
to insert the words, "following changes brought about by
the Government." —(Mr Greg Hands.)
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 4 | Noes, 6
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| Mr William Cash
Mr James Clappison
Mr Greg Hands
Angus Robertson
| Mr Adrian Bailey
Mr David S Borrow
Jim Dobbin
Keith Hill
Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Bob Laxton
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 14 to 21 read and agreed to.
A paragraph — (Mr Greg Hands.) — brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
22).
Paragraphs 22 to 25 (now paragraphs 23 to 26) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 26 (now paragraph 27) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 27 (now paragraph 28) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 28 (now paragraph 29) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 29 (now paragraph 30) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 30 (now paragraph 31) read and agreed to.
Paragraph 31 (now paragraph 32) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 32 and 33 (now paragraphs 33 and 34) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 34 (now paragraph 35) read, amended and
agreed to.
A paragraph — (Mr Greg Hands.) — brought
up, read the first and second time and inserted (now paragraph
36).
Paragraphs 35 to 39 (now paragraphs 37 to 41) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 40 (now paragraph 42) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 41 to 49 (now paragraphs 43 to 51) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 50 (now paragraph 52) read, amended and
agreed to.
A paragraph — (Mr Greg Hands.) —
brought up and read a second time, as follows:
"Reforms to the House of Commons system for
scrutiny of EU documents have been implemented in 2008. We welcome
those changes made to European Committees, though we believe they
should have permanent memberships. It was a matter of controversy
in the House whether or not the Committee should typically deliberate
in public."
Amendment proposed, in line 3 to leave out from "memberships"
to the end of the paragraph.— (The Chairman.)
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 6 | Noes, 4
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| Mr Adrian Bailey
Mr David S Borrow
Jim Dobbin
Keith Hill
Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Bob Laxton
| Mr William Cash
Mr James Clappison
Mr Greg Hands
Angus Robertson
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Paragraph (now paragraph 53), as amended, inserted.
Paragraph 51 (now paragraph 54) agreed to.
Annex agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Fourth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 January at 2.30 p.m.
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