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EU Law: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to re-establish a European Scrutiny Committee to scrutinise EU legislation that will apply to (a) the UK and (b) Great Britain.

answeredLeader of the House

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Answering body
Leader of the House
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to re-establish a European Scrutiny Committee to scrutinise EU legislation that will apply to (a) the UK and (b) Great Britain.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Any legislation made under the powers in the European Partnership Bill would be scrutinised by Parliament in the usual way.We will work with Parliament on the arrangements for the scrutiny of any necessary legislation, and the agreement more broadly, as t...

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