Download or read book Twenty fifth Report of Session 2005 06 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-04-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-fifth report of Session 2005-06 : Documents considered by the Committee on 19 April 2006, report, together with formal Minutes
Download or read book European Union Committee Annual Report 2005 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-02-27 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year the Government deposits 1200 European policy documents for scrutiny, some of which are cleared straight away, whilst others are reserved for further scrutiny. These are normally considered by one of seven policy-based sub-committees and this report summarises the work undertaken by the Committee through its sub-committees. also reports on UK's Presidency of the EU and looks ahead to likely developments in 2006.
Download or read book Behind Closed Doors written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-07-19 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Office Ministers hold regular meetings with ministers of the interior of the other five largest EU States. The last such meeting was in Heiligendamm in March 2006 and covered topics such as their joint response to terrorism, illegal immigration and organised crime. Decisions were reached, which if taken forward, would significantly change current EU thinking and declared Government policy. Yet little information was released about the meeting and the Home Office issued no press notice. This report looks at the outcomes of the meeting and in particular the implications of the proposals for data sharing. The Committee is concerned that the ministers want to press forward with the principle of availability and disregard issues of data protection. They are worried about the erosion of civil rights.
Download or read book Remaining Government responses session 2004 05 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government is expected to respond to all reports from the Committee, within two months of publication The Committee then makes them available to the House and publishes them as required. This report makes 35 such responses available.
Download or read book Department for Education and Skills departmental report 2007 written by Great Britain: Department for Education and Skills and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated May 2007. With correction slip dated May 2007
Download or read book The Commission s Green Paper A European Strategy for Sustainable Competitive and Secure Energy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the European Commission's Green Paper policy document "A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy" (details of which are available at http://ec.europa.eu/energy/green-paper-energy/index_en.htm). Issues discussed include i) whether the Commission's three EU energy policy priorities (sustainability, competitiveness and security) and six key action areas are the most important priorities for energy policy and whether they can be fully achieved; and ii) the rationale for a single European energy policy.
Download or read book The Euro written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the creation of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the setting of conversion rates between the currencies of the original participating countries of the eurozone. Since then the euro has been introduced in fifteen Member States with negligible transition costs. This report examines the structure and governance of the eurozone institutions and developments in the eurozone economy in the past ten years, including the management of inflation and the impacts on trade and economic growth. The primary conclusion is that the young currency has made a positive start to its life but that, based on the experience to date, it is too soon to state what the future holds. Other conclusions include: The ECB has gained public acceptance and market credibility, has run a credible price-stabilising policy in the euro area and is performing its primary role of maintaining price stability effectively. The introduction of the euro has been a major influence on increased trade both within the eurozone and with other countries, and it has stimulated integration in parts of the capital market. The euro has become an important reserve currency, and has established itself with remarkable speed as a widely accepted transactions currency. The euro has resisted external shocks to date, and does not face any foreseeable likelihood of disintegration. None of the fears, expressed at the time of its launch, about a divisive or negative impact on European economies has been borne out. Its existence has contributed to economic development and low inflation in the eurozone.
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Download or read book Television without frontiers written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The draft Audiovisual Media Services (AMS) Directive, published in December 2005, was met with some alarm. It sought to extend the existing 'Television without Frontiers' Directive to new services which were seen to be competing for audience and revenue. In doing so it would have introduced inappropriate regulation on the new media sector. There have now been some changes to the original draft and a tightening of the definition of "television like" services. Although an improvement, the Committee is concerned that there is still not enough legal certainty. They are also worried about the need to defend the 'Country of Origin' approach to single market legislation and reject the idea that regulators should act to preserve the market dominance of existing players from new entrants. They are also unconvinced of the need for any quantitative restriction on advertising.
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Download or read book The United Kingdom Presidency written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the UK Government's key agricultural and environmental priorities during its Presidency of the EU, based on the evidence given by the Secretary of State, Rt Hon. Margaret Beckett MP. There are five major priorities identified, with the theme of better regulation running through the agenda: action on climate change; progress on chemicals legislation; World Trade Organization negotiations; sugar regime reforms; and the introduction of the new sustainable development strategy.
Download or read book The Future Financing of the Common Agricultural Policy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-15 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inquiry conducted by Sub-committee D (Environment and Agriculture).
Download or read book Current developments in European trade policy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-11-28 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reproduces the oral evidence the Committee received from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs, Gareth Thomas MP. Key topics in the evidence are: Parliamentary scrutiny of trade negotiating mandates in the House of Lords; the WTO Doha Round; food miles; the impacts of trade agreements on developing countries; the Common Agricultural Policy; trade in services; bilateral trade agreements; UK influence on European trade policy; trade defence instruments, and trade relations with China. The Committee also announces an inquiry which will look beyond the Doha Round to the future of multilateral trade agreements. The Committee is concerned that there has been scant progress towards a conclusion of the Doha Round. It notes the increasing number of bilateral agreements that are being negotiated by the EU and the USA, and is concerned that these might be replacing the multilateral approach.
Download or read book European Union Fisheries Legislation written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-07-11 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains evidence from the Nature Conservation and Fisheries Minister, Ben Bradshaw following a number of scrutiny overrides resulting from the late deposit of items before Council meetings. The Committee want the Government to address shortcomings in the EU's fisheries policy decision-making process during the time of its presidency of the European Union.
Download or read book Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects Temporary Extension Bills written by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint Committee scrutinised the Home Office's draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills, which could be enacted urgently if it ever became necessary to extend to 28 days the maximum period for which the police could apply to a High Court judge detain terrorist suspects before charging them. The Committee agrees with the Government's objective, but does not accept the Government's proposals for achieving the objective. When provisions of this kind needed to be introduced after individuals had been arrested; it would be almost impossible to give Parliament the information it would need to scrutinise the legislation adequately without putting at risk a suspect's right to have a fair trial. In addition there is a risk that, if the provision was required in a period of parliamentary recess or dissolution, legislation could not be introduced in time, or at all. The Committee recommends, instead, the introduction of legislation to empower the Secretary of State to make an executive order (with the agreement of the Attorney General and subject to rigorous safeguards), that would temporarily extend the maximum period available for pre-charge detention to 28 days. There would have to be an independent review of the case for making such an order. The Director of Public Prosecutions would continue to be responsible for applications to a High Court judge in individual cases. The Secretary of State would be accountable to Parliament for the decision once there was no longer any risk of prejudicing judicial proceedings.
Download or read book The Further Enlargement of the EU written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twenty fifth Report of Session 2012 13 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
