PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF EU LEGISLATION

Early day motion 1944, tabled 29 March 2006 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 34 members.

That this House notes that in the combined 2003-04 and 2004-05 parliamentary sessions only eight hours thirty minutes was spent in this House on considering EU documents, out of 1,746 hours available; further notes that other national parliaments in the European Union have established closer structural links with their counterparts in the European Parliament; recognises that European politics can no longer be considered in isolation from the business of the House; and calls on all political parties to look at ways better to scrutinise European legislation.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Conservative 8, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.