LORDS
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.
The procedure of sending a letter may be adopted for a number of reasons, including that the points at issue do not warrant a full report, or to follow up a previous report. Such correspondence, including Ministerial replies and other materials, is published where appropriate.
Correspondence with Ministers - 1 November 2012 - 8 May 2013 ( PDF 0.98 MB)
Previous correspondence
Correspondence with Ministers - May 2012 - October 2012 ( PDF 581 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - December 2011 to May 2012 ( PDF 596 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - June 2011 ( PDF 320 KB)to November 2011 ( PDF 320 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - December 2010 to May 2011 ( PDF 423 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - May 2010 to November 2010 ( PDF 376 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - December 2009 to April 2010 ( PDF 452 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - May to October 2009 ( PDF 597 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - December 2008 to April 2009 ( PDF 543 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - May to November 2008 ( PDF 500 KB)
Correspondence with Ministers - November 2007 to April 2008
Correspondence with Ministers - November 2007 to April 2008 (PDF, 1.93MB)
Correspondence with Ministers - May to October 2007
Correspondence with Ministers - May to October 2007 (PDF, 2.02MB)
Correspondence with Ministers - October 2006 to April 2007
Correspondence with Ministers - October 2006 to April 2007 (PDF, 2.31MB)
Correspondence with Ministers - January to September 2006
Correspondence with Ministers - January to September 2006 (PDF, 3.71MB)
Correspondence with Ministers - March 2005 to January 2006
Correspondence with Ministers - March 2005 to January 2006 (PDF, 4.38 MB)
If you would like to read the Government’s explanatory memoranda on the proposals sifted for further scrutiny you can find them on the Cabinet Office's European Memoranda search page.