EU Law: Parliamentary Scrutiny

Leader of the House written question – answered at on 4 November 2013.

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Photo of Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Party Chair, Co-operative Party

To ask the Leader of the House if he will bring forward reforms to the House's powers to scrutinise European legislation and the implementation of European Commission budget spending decisions; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Andrew Lansley Andrew Lansley The Leader of the House of Commons

The Government considers the scrutiny of EU legislation and policy by Parliament to be vital to our democracy and values. The Government looks forward to working with Parliament on improvements to the UK's procedures following the current inquiry being undertaken by the European Scrutiny Committee.

We are keen to focus scrutiny to using effectively the power of Parliament to intervene in EU legislative processes by reasoned opinions and political opinions on the most important issues, and to make better use of Departmental Select Committees' expertise.

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