European Scrutiny Committee
The European Scrutiny Committee is appointed under Standing Order No.143 to examine European Union documents.
Current membership
Sir William Cash MP (Conservative, Stone) (Chair)
Douglas Chapman MP (Scottish National Party, Dunfermline and West Fife)
Geraint Davies MP (Labour/Cooperative, Swansea West)
Steve Double MP (Conservative, St Austell and Newquay)
Richard Drax MP (Conservative, South Dorset)
Mr Marcus Fysh MP (Conservative, Yeovil)
Kate Green MP (Labour, Stretford and Urmston)
Kate Hoey MP (Labour, Vauxhall)
Kelvin Hopkins MP (Independent, Luton North)
Darren Jones MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
Mr David Jones MP (Conservative, Clwyd West)
Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour, Aberavon)
Andrew Lewer MP (Conservative, Northampton South)
Michael Tomlinson MP (Conservative, Mid Dorset and North Poole)
David Warburton MP (Conservative, Somerton and Frome)
Dr Philippa Whitford MP (Scottish National Party, Central Ayrshire)
Powers
The 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.
Publications
Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website and in print by Order of the House. Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The staff of the Committee are Dr Philip Aylett (Clerk), Kilian Bourke, Alistair Dillon, Leigh Gibson, Foeke Noppert and Sibel Taner (Clerk Advisers), Arnold Ridout (Counsel for European Legislation), Françoise Spencer (Deputy Counsel for European Legislation), Joanne Dee (Assistant Counsel for European Legislation), Mike Winter (Second Clerk), Sarah Crandall (Senior Committee Assistant), Sue Beeby, Rob Dinsdale and Beatrice Woods (Committee Assistants), Ravi Abhayaratne and Paula Saunderson (Office Support Assistants).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the European Scrutiny Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 3292; the Committee’s email address is escom@parliament.uk
Published: 14 June 2018