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European Scrutiny Committee

The European Scrutiny Committee scrutinises draft EU legislation on behalf of the House of Commons and assesses which proposals are of particular political or legal importance.  It draws these proposals to the attention of the House through weekly Committee Reports and by recommending some draft legislation for debate.  Debates can take place in European Committees or, more rarely, on the floor of the House. 
  

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Date Business
07 February 2012
10:30 am
 Subject: Reinforcing the eurozone
Witness(es): 10.30am Professor Paul Craig, University of Oxford, Professor Simon Hix, London School of Economics approx. 11.15am Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
Location: Room 19, Palace of Westminster
08 February 2012
2:30 pm
 Subject: Reinforcing the eurozone
Witness(es): 2.30pm Professor Michael Dougan, Liverpool Law School, Martin Howe QC approx. 3.30pm Wolfgang Münchau, President, Eurointelligence ASBL, and Associate Editor of the Financial Times, and Mr Douglas McWilliams, Chief Executive, Centre for Economic and Business Research, and Roger Bootle, Managing Director, Capital Economics
Location: Room 19, Palace of Westminster

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Publications

Title Date published
52nd Report - Documents considered by the Committee on 18 January 2012 | PDF version 52nd Report - Documents considered by the Committee on 18 January 2012 (PDF) 01 February 2012
Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute - uncorrected evidence - 25 January 2012 31 January 2012
Draft Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute - written evidence 31 January 2012

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