Standing Order and membership
The European Scrutiny
Committee is appointed under Standing Order No.143 to examine
European Union documents and—
a) to report
its opinion on the legal and political importance of each such
document and, where it considers appropriate, to report also on
the reasons for its opinion and on any matters of principle, policy
or law which may be affected;
b) to make recommendations
for the further consideration of any such document pursuant to
Standing Order No. 119 (European Committees); and
c) to consider
any issue arising upon any such document or group of documents,
or related matters.
The expression "European
Union document" covers —
i) any proposal
under the Community Treaties for legislation by the Council or
the Council acting jointly with the European Parliament;
ii) any document
which is published for submission to the European Council, the
Council or the European Central Bank;
iii) any proposal
for a common strategy, a joint action or a common position under
Title V of the Treaty on European Union which is prepared for
submission to the Council or to the European Council;
iv) any proposal
for a common position, framework decision, decision or a convention
under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union which is prepared
for submission to the Council;
v) any document
(not falling within (ii), (iii) or (iv) above) which is published
by one Union institution for or with a view to submission to another
Union institution and which does not relate exclusively to consideration
of any proposal for legislation;
vi) any other
document relating to European Union matters deposited in the House
by a Minister of the Crown.
The Committee's powers
are set out in 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.
Current membership
Sir William Cash
MP (Conservative, Stone) (Chair)
Andrew Bingham MP
(Conservative, High Peak)
Mr James Clappison
MP (Conservative, Hertsmere)
Michael Connarty
MP (Labour, Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Geraint Davies MP
(Labour/Cooperative, Swansea West)
Julie Elliott MP
(Labour, Sunderland Central)
Stephen Gilbert MP
(Liberal Democrat, St Austell and Newquay)
Nia Griffith MP (Labour,
Llanelli)
Chris Heaton-Harris
MP (Conservative, Daventry)
Kelvin Hopkins MP
(Labour, Luton North)
Chris Kelly MP (Conservative,
Dudley South)
Stephen Phillips
MP (Conservative, Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
(Conservative, North East Somerset)
Mrs Linda Riordan
MP (Labour/Cooperative, Halifax)
Henry Smith MP (Conservative,
Crawley)
Mr Michael Thornton
MP (Liberal Democrat, Eastleigh)
The following members
were also members of the committee during the parliament:
Mr Joe Benton MP
(Labour, Bootle)
Jim Dobbin MP (Labour/Co-op,
Heywood and Middleton)
Tim Farron MP (Liberal
Democrat, Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Penny Mordaunt MP
(Conservative, Portsmouth North)
Sandra Osborne MP
(Labour, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Ian Swales MP (Liberal
Democrat, Redcar)
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