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 Area—Application 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
|
| 6.12.10 | One, on consideration of the Tenth Report
|
| 19.1.11 | Eight, on consideration of the Fifteenth Report
|
| 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 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 |
| Total | 18
|
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