Formal minutes
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Members present:
Mr William Cash, in the Chair
| Mr James Clappison
Michael Connarty
Jim Dobbin
Tim Farron
Nia Griffith
Chris Heaton-Harris
Kelvin Hopkins
| | Chris Kelly
Tony Lloyd
Penny Mordaunt
Stephen Phillips
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Henry Smith
|
1. Declaration of Interests
Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution
of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Election of Chair
Mr William Cash was called to the Chair.
3. Committee working methods
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee's
normal time of meeting be Wednesday at Two o'clock.
Ordered, That the public
be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the Committee
orders otherwise.
Resolved, That the Committee
approves the use of electronic equipment by Members during public
and private meetings, provided that they are used in accordance
with the rules and customs of the House.
4. Proposals for overseas travel
Resolved, That the Committee
visit Brussels in January 2011 in connection with its work on
the scrutiny of European documents.
Resolved, That the Committee visits Budapest in December
2010 in connection with its scrutiny work during Hungary's presidency
of the European Union, and that the Chair seek approval of the
Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
5. Scrutiny of Documents
The Committee deliberated.
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 43.43 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 5, Headnote read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 5.1 to 5.18 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 5.19 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 5.20 to 6.26 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 7, Headnote read amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 7.1 to 7.11 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 7.12 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 8, Headnote read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 8.1 to 8.17 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 8.18 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 9.1 to 34.13 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 34.14 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 35.1 to 66.35 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 66.36 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 66.37 to 70.8 read and agreed to.
Jacob Rees-Mogg declared a pecuniary interest in
relation to the Commission Communication: Regulating financial
services for sustainable growth as set out in his entry in
the Register of Members' Interests.
Paragraphs 71.1 to 81 read and agreed to.
Resolved,
That the Report be the First Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
make the Report to the House.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 September at 2.00 pm.
| 
