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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 Ministers2
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 Treasury1
Ministry of Justice 1
Appearances by other witnesses: 20

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
29.11-1.12.10Budapest Cash,

Connarty,

Dobbin,

Elliott,

Hopkins,

Phillips

2Pre-Presidency visit £8,014
10-11.2.11BudapestA Cash1 Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COASC) £1,185
29-31.5.11BudapestA Cash, Connarty1 Attendance at COSAC £2,817
13-15.6.11Warsaw Cash, Clappison, Connarty, Dobbin, Elliott, Hopkins, Smith 2Pre-Presidency

Visit

£6,760
2-4.10.11WarsawA Cash, Elliott1 Attendance at COSAC £2,745
29.11-1.12.11Copenhagen Cash, Clappison, Elliott, Hopkins, Smith 2Pre-Presidency visit £5,788
29-30.1.12CopenhagenA Cash1 Attendance at COSAC £839
22-24.4.12CopenhagenA Cash1 Attendance at COSAC £2,783

A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
24.10.10BrusselsA Cash, Hopkins1 Attendance at COSAC £2,183
24.3.11BrusselsA Clappison, Connarty, Dobbin, Hopkins 1Tripartite bi-annual meeting of the UK MEPs, the Commons European Scrutiny Committee and the Lords EU Committee £1,935
5-6.10.11BrusselsA Hopkins Meeting on Europol, Eurojust and Frontex £299
19-20.10.11BrusselsA Cash Multiannual Financial Framework Meeting £828
5-6.12.11BrusselsA Clappison, Hopkins Meeting on social cohesion £1,171
27-28.2.12BrusselsA Cash, Clappison Meeting on the European Semester £1,141

A Travel in a representative capacity

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First ReportA 428-i22.9.10 Not applicable
Second Report428-ii 24.9.10Not applicable
Third Report428-iii 27.10.10Not applicable
Fourth Report428-iv 1.11.10Not applicable
Fifth Report428-v 5.11.10Not applicable
Sixth Report428-vi 12.11.10Not applicable
Seventh Report428-vii 23.11.10Not applicable
Eighth Report428-viii 2.12.10Not applicable
Ninth Report428-ix 8.12.10Not applicable
Tenth Report: The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty 633-I7.12.10 Received 10.1.11: published as First Special Report, Session 2010-12
Oral and Written Evidence: The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty 633-II7.12.10 Not applicable
Eleventh Report428-x 24.12.10Not applicable
Twelfth Report428-xi 15.12.10Not applicable
Thirteenth Report428-xii 27.1.11Not applicable
Fourteenth Report428-xiii 7.2.11Not applicable
Fifteenth Report: The EU Bill: Restrictions on Treaties and Decisions relating to the EU 68221.1.11 Received 1.3.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
Sixteenth Report428-xiv 10.2.11Not applicable
Seventeenth Report 428-xv15.2.11 Not applicable
Eighteenth Report428-xvi 9.2.11Not applicable
Nineteenth Report428-xvii 1.3.11Not applicable
Twentieth Report428-xviii 10.3.11Not applicable
Twenty-First Report 428-xix9.3.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Second Report 428-xx24.3.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Third Report 428-xxi31.3.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Fourth Report 428-xxii7.4.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Fifth Report 428-xxiii14.4.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Sixth Report 428-xxiv10.5.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Seventh Report 428-xxv10.5.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Eighth Report 428-xxvi24.5.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Ninth Report 428-xxvii31.5.11 Not applicable
Thirtieth Report: Opting into international agreements and enhanced Parliamentary scrutiny of opt-in decisions 955-I25.5.11 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-II16.6.11 Not applicable
Thirty-First Report 428-xxviii7.6.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Second Report: Enhanced cooperation for the EU Patent: the Committee's evidence session with Baroness Wilcox 9428.6.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Third Report 428-xxix20.6.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Fourth Report 428-xxx6.7.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Fifth Report 428-xxxi11.7.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Sixth Report 428-xxxii6.7.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Seventh Report 428-xxxi13.7.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Eighth Report 428-xxxiv19.7.11 Not applicable
Thirty-Ninth Report: Withdrawal from enhanced cooperation: the Committee's evidence session with Baroness Wilcox 134124.10.11 Received 24.11.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Fortieth Report428-xxxv 20.9.11Not applicable
Forty-First Report 428-xxxvi22.9.11 Not applicable
Forty-Second Report 428-xxxvii25.10.11 Not applicable
Forty-Third Report 428-xxxviii31.10.11 Not applicable
Forty-Fourth Report 428-xxxix2.11.11 Not applicable
Forty-Fifth Report 428-xl10.11.11 Not applicable
Forty-Sixth Report 428-xli18.11.11 Not applicable
Forty-Seventh Report 428-xlii9.12.11 Not applicable
Forty-Eighth Report 428-xliii15.12.11 Not applicable
Forty-Ninth Report 428-xliv22.12.11 Not applicable
Fiftieth Report428-xlv 30.12.11Not applicable
Fifty-First Report 428-xlvi19.1.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Second Report 428-xlvii1.2.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Third Report 428-xlviii6.2.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Fourth Report 428-xlix9.2.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Fifth Report 428-l14.2.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Sixth Report 428-li29.2.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Seventh Report 428-lii8.3.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Eighth Report 428-liii13.3.12 Not applicable
Fifty-Ninth Report 428-liv22.3.12 Not applicable
Sixtieth Report428-lv 27.3.12Not applicable
Sixty-First Report 428-lvi3.4.12 Not applicable
Sixty-Second Report: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: impact on the Eurozone and the rule of law 181713.4.12 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-lvii3.4.12 Not applicable
Sixty-Fourth Report 428-lviii8.5.20 Not applicable
Sixty-Fifth Report: The Unified Patent Court: help or hindrance? 17993.5.12 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Unified Patent Court: help or hindrance? 17993.5.12 Not applicable
First Special Report: The EU Bill and Parliamentary Sovereignty: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2010-11 72310.1.11 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 8523.3.11 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 167023.11.11 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Withdrawal from enhanced cooperation: Government Response to the Committee's Thirty-Ninth Report of Session 2010-12 182214.2.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 1492-i29.11.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The European Investigation Order and Parliamentary scrutiny of Opt-in Decisions 141615.9.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Coordination of Social Security within the European Economic Area—Application of the UK's JHA Opt-in 1710-i23.01.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone 1817-i9.2.12
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone 1817-ii13.2.12
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone 1817-iii1.3.12
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Reinforcing the Eurozone 1817-iv23.3.12
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute 1799-i31.1.12
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute 1799-ii27.212
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute 1799-iii15.3.12
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Enhanced cooperation for the EU Patent 1341-i30.6.11

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
DateSubject
6.12.10One, on consideration of the Tenth Report
19.1.11Eight, on consideration of the Fifteenth Report
27.3.12Three, 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
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Coordination of Social Security within the European Economic Area—Application 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
Total18




 
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