Evidence from the Minister
for Europe on the June European Council
1. It has been the Committee's practice in recent
years to hear evidence from the Minister for Europe after each
European Council.
2. Accordingly, the Committee heard from Jim
Murphy MP, the then Minister for Europe on 15 July 2008 to discuss
the outcomes of the European Council held on 19-20 June 2008.
In this report we make available for the information of the House
the oral evidence received from the Minister.
3. The Minister subsequently wrote to the Committee
providing further information on a number of points raised during
the evidence session and this is also included in this report.
4. The topics covered in the evidence printed
below are as follows:
- The Lisbon Treaty (QQ 2-6, 8)
- Scrutiny of JHA Opt-In Decisions (Q 7)
- Biofuels (Q 9)
- GMOs (QQ 10-12)
- Carbon Capture and Storage (QQ 13-16)
- International financial instability (QQ 17-19)
- Doha Round (Q 20, 24)
- Trade Commissioner mandate (QQ 21-23)
- Enlargement (QQ 25-29)
- Immigration (QQ 30-31)
- Millennium Development Goals (QQ 32-34)
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