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EU Sub-Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy - Scrutiny Work

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  • New items of Scrutiny 

    Each sitting week the Chairman of the EU Select Committee sends items of scrutiny to the sub-committee for examination.

  • Correspondence with Ministers 

    The primary purpose of the Lords EU committees is to scrutinise EU law in draft before the Government takes a position on it in the EU Council of Ministers. This scrutiny is carried out by each Sub-Committee through correspondence with Ministers.

  • Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Reform 

    In July 2011, the European Commission published proposals to reform the EU’s Common Fisheries policy. The Committee has been engaged with the reform process since 2008

  • Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform 

    In October 2011, the European Commission published proposals to reform the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Committee has been working consistently on the subject since 2007

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In order to impact EU law-making at the earliest possible stage, the Committees scrutinise policy documents, such as Communications and White Papers, as well as proposed Directives and Regulations

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Progress of Scrutiny

Progress of Scrutiny records the decisions taken by the EU Committee on European documents that have been deposited in Parliament for scrutiny.

It lists those documents:

  • referred to the Committee or one or more Sub-Committees
  • which remain under scrutiny or awaiting the outcome of correspondence with Ministers
  • considered and cleared from further scrutiny and correspondence

Members interests

Members' interests in relation to scrutiny

The Members of the EU Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy Sub-Committee have declared the following interests in relation to their scrutiny work:

Members are required to register any financial and non-financial interests that a reasonable member of the public might think would influence their actions in Parliament. The full text of the Register is available online: