Justice Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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European Union Legislative Proposals (Reporter)

Item 4 is the appointment of a European Union reporter. As members will know, the Parliament recently agreed to the introduction of a Parliament-wide strategy for European engagement and scrutiny, including the introduction on a pilot basis of an early-warning system for EU legislative proposals. Paper 2 provides further details of the pilot and invites the committee to appoint an EU reporter for the duration of the pilot, which is from the end of January to the conclusion of the session. My task here will not be particularly onerous because I have had a word with the deputy convener, Bill Butler, who has agreed to undertake the role of EU reporter for the few weeks that are left of the session. Is anyone minded otherwise?

Members: No.

Bill Butler is therefore appointed. We express our gratitude to him.

Members: Hear, hear.

I thank the committee.

12:15 Meeting continued in private until 13:22.