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"> www.parliament.uk.
Current membership
Sir William Cash
MP (Conservative, Stone) (Chair)
Geraint Davies MP
(Labour/Cooperative, Swansea West)
Richard Drax MP (Conservative,
South Dorset)
Peter Grant MP (Scottish
National Party, Glenrothes)
Damian Green MP (Conservative,
Ashford)
Nia Griffith MP (Labour,
Llanelli)
Kate Hoey MP (Labour,
Vauxhall)
Kelvin Hopkins MP
(Labour, Luton North)
Calum Kerr MP (Scottish
National Party, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Craig Mackinley MP
(Conservative, South Thanet)
Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
MP (Conservative, North East Somerset)
Alec Shelbrooke MP
(Conservative, Elmet and Rothwell)
Graham Stringer MP
(Labour, Blackley and Broughton)
Kelly Tolhurst MP
(Conservative, Rochester and Strood)
Mr Andrew Turner
MP (Conservative, Isle of Wight)
Heather Wheeler MP
(Conservative, South Derbyshire)
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