European Scrutiny Committee
The European Scrutiny Committee is appointed under
Standing Order No. 143 to examine EU documents, report its opinion
on their legal and political importance, recommend documents for
debate and consider related issues.
Home Affairs Committee
The Home Affairs Committee examines the expenditure,
administration and policy of the Home Office and its associated
public bodies.
Justice Committee
The Justice Committee examines the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Ministry of Justiceand its associated public
bodies, and the administration and expenditure of the Attorney
General's Office, and its associated public bodies.
Current membership
European Scrutiny Committee:
Mr William Cash (Chair), Andrew Bingham,
Mr James Clappison, Michael Connarty, Geraint Davies, Julie Elliott,
Stephen Gilbert, Nia Griffith, Chris Heaton-Harris, Kelvin Hopkins,
Chris Kelly, Stephen Phillips, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mrs Linda Riordan,
Henry Smith, Mr Mike Thornton
Home Affairs Committee:
Keith Vaz (Chair), Ian Austin, Nicola Blackwood,
Mr James Clappison, Michael Ellis, Paul Flynn, Lorraine Fullbrook,
Dr Julian Huppert, Yasmin Qureshi, Mark Reckless, Mr David Winnick
Justice Committee: Sir
Alan Beith (Chair), Steve Brine, Rehman Chishti,
Mr Christopher Chope, Jeremy Corbyn, John Cryer, Nick de Bois,
Gareth Johnson,
Mr Elfyn Llwyd, Andy McDonald, John McDonnell, Yasmin Qureshi
Powers
The Home Affairs Committee and the Justice Committee
areboth departmental select committees, the powers of which are
set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO
No. 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk.
The European Scrutiny Committee's powers are set
out in House of Commons Standing Order No 143. The scrutiny reserve
resolution, passed by the House, provides that Ministers should
not give agreement to EU proposals which have not been cleared
by the European Scrutiny Committee, or on which, when they have
been recommended by the Committee for debate, the House has not
yet agreed a resolution. The scrutiny reserve resolution is printed
with the House's Standing Orders, which are available at www.parliament.uk.
Publication
Committee reports are published by The Stationery
Office by Order of the House and are available on the Committees'
websites at:
European Scrutiny Committee: www.parliament.uk/escom
Home Affairs Committee: www.parliament.uk/homeaffairscom
Justice Committee: www.parliament.uk/justicecttee
Committee staff contacts for this Report
European Scrutiny: Sarah Davies (Clerk), Home Affairs:
Tom Healey (Clerk),
Justice:Nick Walker (Clerk) and Alex Paterson (Media Officer).
Correspondence and inquiries
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the European Scrutiny Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 3292; the Committee's email address is escom@parliament.uk.
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