LORDS

Scrutiny Work

  • Creative Europe 

    On 23 November 2011 the European Commission published the Creative Europe proposal, a new EU programme dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors.

  • Rights of the Child 

    The European Commission published a Communication setting out An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child

  • 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

Related information

Progress of Scrutiny

The Progress of Scrutiny records the decisions taken on European documents sent to the EU Select Committee 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