European Scrutiny Committee discontinued
1 August 2024
On 30 July 2024, the House of Commons decided not to re-establish the European Scrutiny Committee after the general election.
While the UK was a member of the European Union, the Committee examined new and proposed EU laws that would automatically become UK law. However, the number of documents submitted to the Committee for scrutiny declined following Brexit.
EU schemes, laws and proposals that could have an impact on the UK will now fall under the remit of the relevant departmental or other committees.
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