Correspondence with Ministers
The primary purpose of the House of Lords European Union 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 - letters to the Government to express views on documents and discuss matters of policy.
The procedure of sending a letter may be adopted for a number of reasons, including that the points at issue do not warrant a full report, or to follow up a previous report. Such correspondence, including Ministerial replies and other materials, is published where appropriate.
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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:
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referred to the Committee or one or more Sub-Committees
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which remain under scrutiny or awaiting the outcome of correspondence with Ministers
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considered and cleared from further scrutiny and correspondence