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EU Sub-Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection - 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 Select Committee 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

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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 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