FOREWORD—What this Report is about
This is the latest in the series of reports scrutinising
the Commission's Annual Legislative and Work Programmes. On this
occasion the Committee has taken written evidence on the 2007
Programme and has held deliberations both in the Committee itself
and in our policy-based Sub-Committees. This report summarises
the evidence received and outlines the main matters arising in
deliberation.
The Committee notes that careful attention will always
need to be paid to the balance between subsidiarity concerns and
the possible advantages of EU action, and will continue to monitor
issues of subsidiarity and proportionality carefully. At this
stage subsidiarity concerns can only be tentative, as examination
of subsidiarity can only be undertaken when the full, published
text is available for scrutiny.
The Committee notes that the section of the Programme
relating to Better Regulation was encouraging.
The Committee makes this report to the House for
information. A Government response will be sought in the usual
way. In particular we urge the Government to take account of the
views presented as evidence to the Committee and summarised in
this report.
The Committee will scrutinise the 2008 Annual Policy
Strategy when it is published.
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