European Scrutiny Committee

The European Scrutiny Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to assess the legal and political importance of each EU document, and decide which EU documents are debated. The committee also monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council, and keeps legal, procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review.

Membership

As of 28 November 2011, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	William Cash MP (Chair)	Conservative	Stone
	Adrian Bailey MP	Labour Co-op	West Bromwich West
	David Borrow MP	Labour	South Ribble
	James Clappison MP	Conservative	Hertsmere
	Michael Connarty MP	Labour	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	Jim Dobbin MP	Labour Co-op	Heywood and Middleton
	Julie Elliott MP	Labour	Sunderland Central
	Nia Griffith MP	Labour	Llanelli
	Chris Heaton-Harris MP	Conservative	Daventry
	Kelvin Hopkins MP	Labour	Luton North
	Chris Kelly MP	Conservative	Dudley South
	Penny Mordaunt MP	Conservative	Portsmouth North
	Sandra Osborne MP	Labour	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
	Stephen Phillips MP	Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	Conservative	North East Somerset
	Henry Smith MP	Conservative	Crawley
	Ian Swales MP	Liberal Democrat	Redcar
	Heather Wheeler MP	Conservative	South Derbyshire

Source: European Scrutiny Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
28 November 2011		Tony Lloyd MP (Labour)	Manchester Central	→		Sandra Osborne MP (Labour)	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Hansard

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

External links

• European Scrutiny Committee