House of Commons - The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Scotland's Membership of the EU

Scottish Affairs Committee - Twelfth Report
The Referendum on Separation for Scotland: Scotland's Membership of the EU

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 May 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

2 Becoming an EU Member State

The route to membership: accession or amendment?

Disagreement

The Article 48 process

Timetable

Pressures on the timetable

What happens after 18 months?

3 Conditions of membership

Opt-outs

The Euro

Schengen

Justice and Home Affairs

VAT

Student fees

4 Contributions to and receipts from the EU budget

The rebate

CAP payments

Structural Funds

Net position of a Scottish Member State

5 Conclusion

Appendix 1: Correspondence from Rt Hon David Lidington

Letter from Rt Hon David Lidington, Minister of State for Europe, 30 April 2014

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament