LORDS

Scrutiny Work

• Introduction to scrutiny 

  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

• UK opt-ins 

  The Committee has power to initiate a debate and vote on EU proposals subject to UK opt-in.

• 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

• Subsidiarity 

  The Treaty of Lisbon gave national parliaments powers to raised concerns about the subsidiarity of proposals