Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Official Report
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European Strategy (Correspondence)
Item 2 is consideration of a letter from the Parliamentary Bureau about the committee’s report on European strategy rules. As members will recall, the committee reported on the matter last October and the bureau has been considering our request for time in the chamber to debate the issue.
Before it agrees to schedule that time, the bureau has asked the committee to consider some changes, which are set out in paper SPPA/S4/12/4/2 and provide for the Presiding Officer rather than the lead committee to convey the lead committee’s views to the United Kingdom Parliament. That would happen only if it were not possible for the whole Parliament to debate the proposal—for example, during recess or if there was simply no time to secure a parliamentary debate. If members have no comments, are they happy with the contents of the paper and do they wish to amend the draft rules as suggested by the bureau?
Members indicated agreement.
I think that the more work that is transferred to the Presiding Officer, the better—now. [Laughter.]
Thank you very much.
Meeting closed at 14:26.