Committee meetings
MEPs return to Brussels for their last full week of meetings in committee before the elections in June. Among the highlights of the week:-
- Commissioner Chris Patten will appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Budgets Committee
- Commissioner Neil Kinnock is down to attend the Budgets Committee to discuss reform of the Commission (tbc)
- Chemicals:- The REACH proposals get another airing in Environment Committee
- Healthy food labelling:- further discussion in Environment Committee and possibly 1st reading adoption
- Safety at Sea:- Temporary Committee adopts its final report
Among the main issues being led by UK MEPs:-
- Diana Wallis MEP: adoption of report on cross-border co-operation in civil & commercial law (Legal Affairs Cttee)
- Giles Chichester MEP:- Discussion of his 1st reading report on security of electricity supplies (Industry Cttee)
- Jean Lambert MEP:- adoption of her 2nd reading report on co-ordination of social security systems (Employment Cttee)
- Robert Sturdy MEP:- adoption of his 1st reading report on pesiticide residue levels (Environment Cttee)
- Christopher Beazley MEP will introduce a public hearing on "the European dimension in history teaching" (Culture Cttee).
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