18 EUROPEAN SCRUTINY
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 26 July 2010.
Members
Cash, Mr William (Chair)
Clappison, Mr James
Connarty, Michael
Dobbin, Jim
Elliott, Julie
Farron, Tim
Griffith, Nia
Heaton-Harris, Chris
Hopkins, Kelvin
Kelly, Chris
Lloyd, Tony (discharged 28.11.11)
Mordaunt, Penny
Osborne, Sandra (added 28.11.11)
Phillips, Stephen
Rees-Mogg, Jacob
Smith, Henry
Swales, Ian
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
64 out of 65
54 out of 65
54 out of 65
15 out of 65
29 out of 65
4 out of 65
39 out of 65
26 out of 65
59 out of 65
49 out of 65
4 out of 47
26 out of 65
3 out of 18
33 out of 65
55 out of 65
47 out of 65
0 out of 65
53.9 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 65 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 18 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 47 |
Other activities | |
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 13 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 2 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
None
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 2
|
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 9 |
Members of the House of Lords (who were also Ministers)
| 5 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
| 4 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 3 |
HM Treasury | 1
|
Ministry of Justice |
1 |
Appearances by other witnesses:
| 20 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
29.11-1.12.10 | Budapest
| Cash,
Connarty,
Dobbin,
Elliott,
Hopkins,
Phillips
| 2 | Pre-Presidency visit
| £8,014 |
10-11.2.11 | BudapestA
| Cash | 1
| Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COASC)
| £1,185 |
29-31.5.11 | BudapestA
| Cash, Connarty | 1
| Attendance at COSAC |
£2,817 |
13-15.6.11 | Warsaw
| Cash, Clappison, Connarty, Dobbin, Elliott, Hopkins, Smith
| 2 | Pre-Presidency
Visit
| £6,760 |
2-4.10.11 | WarsawA
| Cash, Elliott | 1
| Attendance at COSAC |
£2,745 |
29.11-1.12.11 | Copenhagen
| Cash, Clappison, Elliott, Hopkins, Smith
| 2 | Pre-Presidency visit
| £5,788 |
29-30.1.12 | CopenhagenA
| Cash | 1
| Attendance at COSAC |
£839 |
22-24.4.12 | CopenhagenA
| Cash | 1
| Attendance at COSAC |
£2,783 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
24.10.10 | BrusselsA
| Cash, Hopkins | 1
| Attendance at COSAC |
£2,183 |
24.3.11 | BrusselsA
| Clappison, Connarty, Dobbin, Hopkins
| 1 | Tripartite bi-annual meeting of the UK MEPs, the Commons European Scrutiny Committee and the Lords EU Committee
| £1,935 |
5-6.10.11 | BrusselsA
| Hopkins |
| Meeting on Europol, Eurojust and Frontex
| £299 |
19-20.10.11 | BrusselsA
| Cash | |
Multiannual Financial Framework Meeting
| £828 |
5-6.12.11 | BrusselsA
| Clappison, Hopkins |
| Meeting on social cohesion
| £1,171 |
27-28.2.12 | BrusselsA
| Cash, Clappison |
| Meeting on the European Semester
| £1,141 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First ReportA
| 428-i | 22.9.10
| Not applicable |
Second Report | 428-ii
| 24.9.10 | Not applicable
|
Third Report | 428-iii
| 27.10.10 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report | 428-iv
| 1.11.10 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Report | 428-v
| 5.11.10 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Report | 428-vi
| 12.11.10 | Not applicable
|
Seventh Report | 428-vii
| 23.11.10 | Not applicable
|
Eighth Report | 428-viii
| 2.12.10 | Not applicable
|
Ninth Report | 428-ix
| 8.12.10 | Not applicable
|
Tenth Report: The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty
| 633-I | 7.12.10
| Received 10.1.11: published as First Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty
| 633-II | 7.12.10
| Not applicable |
Eleventh Report | 428-x
| 24.12.10 | Not applicable
|
Twelfth Report | 428-xi
| 15.12.10 | Not applicable
|
Thirteenth Report | 428-xii
| 27.1.11 | Not applicable
|
Fourteenth Report | 428-xiii
| 7.2.11 | Not applicable
|
Fifteenth Report: The EU Bill: Restrictions on Treaties and Decisions relating to the EU
| 682 | 21.1.11
| Received 1.3.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Sixteenth Report | 428-xiv
| 10.2.11 | Not applicable
|
Seventeenth Report |
428-xv | 15.2.11
| Not applicable |
Eighteenth Report | 428-xvi
| 9.2.11 | Not applicable
|
Nineteenth Report | 428-xvii
| 1.3.11 | Not applicable
|
Twentieth Report | 428-xviii
| 10.3.11 | Not applicable
|
Twenty-First Report |
428-xix | 9.3.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Second Report |
428-xx | 24.3.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Third Report |
428-xxi | 31.3.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Fourth Report |
428-xxii | 7.4.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Fifth Report |
428-xxiii | 14.4.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Sixth Report |
428-xxiv | 10.5.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Seventh Report |
428-xxv | 10.5.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Eighth Report
| 428-xxvi | 24.5.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Ninth Report |
428-xxvii | 31.5.11
| Not applicable |
Thirtieth Report: Opting into international agreements and enhanced Parliamentary scrutiny of opt-in decisions
| 955-I | 25.5.11
| Received 10.11.11: published as Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Opting into international agreements and enhanced Parliamentary scrutiny of opt-in decisions
| 955-II | 16.6.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-First Report |
428-xxviii | 7.6.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Second Report: Enhanced cooperation for the EU Patent: the Committee's evidence session with Baroness Wilcox
| 942 | 8.6.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Third Report |
428-xxix | 20.6.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Fourth Report |
428-xxx | 6.7.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Fifth Report |
428-xxxi | 11.7.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Sixth Report |
428-xxxii | 6.7.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Seventh Report |
428-xxxi | 13.7.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Eighth Report |
428-xxxiv | 19.7.11
| Not applicable |
Thirty-Ninth Report: Withdrawal from enhanced cooperation: the Committee's evidence session with Baroness Wilcox
| 1341 | 24.10.11
| Received 24.11.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Fortieth Report | 428-xxxv
| 20.9.11 | Not applicable
|
Forty-First Report |
428-xxxvi | 22.9.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Second Report |
428-xxxvii | 25.10.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Third Report |
428-xxxviii | 31.10.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Fourth Report |
428-xxxix | 2.11.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Fifth Report |
428-xl | 10.11.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Sixth Report |
428-xli | 18.11.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Seventh Report |
428-xlii | 9.12.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Eighth Report |
428-xliii | 15.12.11
| Not applicable |
Forty-Ninth Report |
428-xliv | 22.12.11
| Not applicable |
Fiftieth Report | 428-xlv
| 30.12.11 | Not applicable
|
Fifty-First Report |
428-xlvi | 19.1.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Second Report |
428-xlvii | 1.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Third Report |
428-xlviii | 6.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Fourth Report |
428-xlix | 9.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Fifth Report |
428-l | 14.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Sixth Report |
428-li | 29.2.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Seventh Report |
428-lii | 8.3.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Eighth Report |
428-liii | 13.3.12
| Not applicable |
Fifty-Ninth Report |
428-liv | 22.3.12
| Not applicable |
Sixtieth Report | 428-lv
| 27.3.12 | Not applicable
|
Sixty-First Report |
428-lvi | 3.4.12
| Not applicable |
Sixty-Second Report: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: impact on the Eurozone and the rule of law
| 1817 | 13.4.12
| Awaited |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: impact on the Eurozone and the rule of law
| | 13.4.12
| Not applicable |
Sixty-Third Report |
428-lvii | 3.4.12
| Not applicable |
Sixty-Fourth Report |
428-lviii | 8.5.20
| Not applicable |
Sixty-Fifth Report: The Unified Patent Court: help or hindrance?
| 1799 | 3.5.12
| Awaited |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Unified Patent Court: help or hindrance?
| 1799 | 3.5.12
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2010-11
| 723 | 10.1.11
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The EU Bill: Restrictions on Treaties and Decisions relating to the EU: Government Response to the Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2010-11
| 852 | 3.3.11
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Opting into international agreements and enhanced Parliamentary scrutiny of opt-in decisions: Government Response to the Committee's Thirtieth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1670 | 23.11.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Withdrawal from enhanced cooperation: Government Response to the Committee's Thirty-Ninth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1822 | 14.2.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
| 1492-i | 29.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The European Investigation Order and Parliamentary scrutiny of Opt-in Decisions
| 1416 | 15.9.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Coordination of Social Security within the European Economic AreaApplication of the UK's JHA Opt-in
| 1710-i | 23.01.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone
| 1817-i | 9.2.12
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone
| 1817-ii | 13.2.12
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone
| 1817-iii | 1.3.12
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone
| 1817-iv | 23.3.12
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute
| 1799-i | 31.1.12
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute
| 1799-ii | 27.212
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute
| 1799-iii | 15.3.12
| |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Enhanced cooperation for the EU Patent
| 1341-i | 30.6.11
| |
A
Reports relate to documents considered by the Committee unless
otherwise stated
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
None
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/european-scrutiny-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
Date | Subject
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6.12.10 | One, on consideration of the Tenth Report
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19.1.11 | Eight, on consideration of the Fifteenth Report
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27.3.12 | Three, on consideration of the Sixty-second Report
|
Debates
The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to a debate in Westminster Hall on Eurozone
Financial Assistance:
Sixteenth Report, Session 2010-11, HC 482-xiv, 24.05.11.
The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Tenth Report, Session 2010-11, The EU Bill and
Parliamentary Sovereignty, HC 633-I, 8.3.11.
Fifteenth Report, Session 2010-11, The EU Bill:
Restrictions on Treaties and Decisions relating to the EU,
HC 682; First Special Report, Session 2010-11, The EU Bill
and Parliamentary sovereignty: Government Response to the Committee's
Tenth Report of Session 2010-11, HC 723; and Second Special
Report: The EU Bill: Restrictions on Treaties and Decisions
relating to the EU: Government Response to the Committee's
Thirtieth Report of Session 2010-12, HC 852, 8.3.11.
Twenty-Fourth Report, Session 2010-11, HC 428-xxii,
9.5.11.
Twenty-Seventh Report, Session 2010-12, HC 428-xxv,
11.5.11.
Fifty-Ninth Report, Session 2010-12, HC 428-liv,
19.4.12.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Coordination of Social Security within the European Economic AreaApplication of the UK's JHA Opt-in
| 1 |
Enhanced cooperation for the EU Patent: the Committee's evidence session with Baroness Wilcox
| 1 |
EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
| 1 |
Opting into international agreements and enhanced Parliamentary scrutiny of opt-in decisions
| 1 |
The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty
| 5 |
The European Investigation Order and Parliamentary scrutiny of Opt-in Decisions
| 1 |
The Unified Patent Court: help or hindrance?
| 3 |
Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: impact on the Eurozone and the rule of law
| 4 |
Withdrawal from enhanced cooperation: the Committee's evidence session with Baroness Wilcox
| 1 |
Total | 18
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