Summary
European Affairs The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) moved that a Select Committee be appointed:
(1) To consider matters relating to the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union and the European Economic Area, including:
a) The implementation of any agreements between the United Kingdom and the European Union, including the operation of the governance structures established under those agreements;
b) Any negotiations and further agreements between the United Kingdom and the European Union;
c) The operation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland;
(2) To consider European Union documents deposited in the House by a minister;
(3) To support the House as appropriate in interparliamentary cooperation with the European Parliament and the Member States of the European Union;
That the following members be appointed to the Committee:
Couttie, B.
Faulkner of Worcester, L.
Foulkes of Cumnock, L.
Hannay of Chiswick, L.
Jay of Ewelme, L.
Jolly, B.
Kinnoull, E. (Chair)Lamont of Lerwick, L.
Liddle, L.
Purvis of Tweed, L.
Trenchard, V.
Tugendhat, L.
Wood of Anfield, L.
That the Committee have power to appoint a sub-committee and to refer to it any matters within its terms of reference;
That the Committee have power to appoint the Chair of the sub-committee;
That the Committee have power to co-opt any member to serve on the sub-committee;
That the Committee and its sub-committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;
That the Committee and its sub-committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
That the Committee and its sub-committee have power to meet outside Westminster;
That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;
That the reports of the Committee be printed, regardless of any adjournment of the House;
That the evidence taken by the Committee and by the European Union Committee in the previous session of Parliament be referred to the Committee;
That the evidence taken by the Committee or its sub-committee be published, if the Committee so wishes.
The motion was agreed to en bloc.
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