The Chairman recently sent the following documents to the Home Affairs Sub-Committee for further scrutiny:
- Joint Proposal for a Council Decision on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the Solidarity Clause
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (Text with EEA relevance). COM(2012) 788
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020: Innovative healthcare for the 21st century. COM(2012) 736
- Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (the ‘Prüm Decision’). COM(2012) 732
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on strengthening law enforcement cooperation in the EU: The European Information Exchange Model (EIXM). COM(2012) 735
Further information
For every EU proposal deposited in Parliament the Government publish an explanatory memorandum. These memoranda summarise the proposal and outline the Government’s position. They are one of the primary documents the EU committee and its sub-committees use to scrutinise the Government.
In a session of Parliament the Committee can receive around 800-1000 explanatory memoranda. In order to focus the work of the sub-committees the Chairman sifts through the memoranda and clears some from scrutiny and sends others to sub-committees for further scrutiny.
The Progress of Scrutiny document contains details of all of the proposals currently being scrutinised by the Select committee and its sub-committees:
Much of the committees’ scrutiny results in correspondence with ministers, which can also be found on our website:
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 Memorandum Search Page.
If you would like to read further details of the Government’s obligations to Parliament with regard to scrutiny of EU proposals please see the Cabinet Office’s Parliamentary Scrutiny of European Union Documents: Guidance for Departments.
Details of scrutiny conducted by parliaments in other EU Member States can be found on the Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange (IPEX).