European Scrutiny Committee

The European Scrutiny Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to assess the legal and political importance of each EU document, and decide which EU documents are debated. The committee also monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council, and keeps legal, procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review.

Membership

As of 15 July 2013, the members of the committee are as follows:

	Party	Constituency
William Cash MP (Chair)	Conservative	Stone
Adrian Bailey MP	Labour Co-op	West Bromwich West
Andrew Bingham MP	Conservative	High Peak
David Borrow MP	Labour	South Ribble
James Clappison MP	Conservative	Hertsmere
Michael Connarty MP	Labour	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Jim Dobbin MP	Labour Co-op	Heywood and Middleton
Julie Elliott MP	Labour	Sunderland Central
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
Linda Riordan MP	Labour Co-op	Halifax
Henry Smith MP	Conservative	Crawley
Ian Swales MP	Liberal Democrat	Redcar
Heather Wheeler MP	Conservative	South Derbyshire

Source: European Scrutiny Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
28 November 2011	Tony Lloyd MP (Labour)	Manchester Central	→	Sandra Osborne MP (Labour)	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Hansard
4 March 2013	Sandra Osborne MP (Labour)	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	→	Linda Riordan MP (Labour/Co-op)	Halifax	Hansard
15 July 2013	Penny Mordaunt MP (Conservative)	Portsmouth North	→	Andrew Bingham MP (Conservative)	High Peak	Hansard

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European Scrutiny Committee

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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European Scrutiny Committee

Membership

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