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HOUSE OF LORDS European Union Committee Session 2019-2021 Progress of Scrutiny 2nd edition 1 February – 23 April 2020 Published 19 May 2020 EUC-2 1 56B60BThe European Union Committee The European Union Committee of the House of Lords considers EU documents and other matters relating to the EU. 57B61BProgress of Scrutiny This document records decisions taken on EU documents sent to the Committee for scrutiny. The Committee’s reports and correspondence are online. The web addresses for the Committee and its Sub-Committees are in the last chapter. The report is divided into five sections: i. Documents under scrutiny or awaiting correspondence; ii. Inquiries and reports; iii. Documents cleared from scrutiny; iv. Committee members and contact details. Scrutiny items are ordered by Council number, the most recent first. Each scrutiny item is presented in three columns: Council numbers Document title and details of the Scrutiny information including and associated Committee’s scrutiny. This may include Sub-Committee, sift date and documents. correspondence, inquiries, reports and cleared date. scrutiny overrides. Documents without “IPEX” here indicates that a Council number scrutiny information has been are listed as uploaded to IPEX, the “OTNYR” (Official interparliamentary scrutiny Text Not Yet database at 27T27T2TU2T U27TUUUwww.ipex.eu UUUUU2T 2T27T Received) with the date of the explanatory memorandum. Enquiries relating to this document and general enquiries about the work of the European Union Committee and its Sub-Committees should be addressed to: Karen Sumner Committee Office House of Lords London SW1A 0PW Tel: 020 7219 5791 Email: 27T27T2TU2TU27T [email protected] UUUUU2T2T27T Web:https://committees.parliament.uk/c ommittee/176/european-union- committee Itu Osupeng Committee Office House of Lords London SW1A 0PW Tel: 020 7219 2785 Email: 27T27T2TU2TU27T [email protected] UUUUU2T2T27T Web:https://committees.parliament.uk/c ommittee/176/european-union- committee 2 58B62BStandards Applicable to Departments Letters from the Chair are to be answered within ten working days if required, counting between the dates on the letters. Reports are to receive a written Government response within two months unless otherwise indicated. For further details see the Cabinet Office’s Parliamentary Scrutiny of European Union Documents: Guidance for Departments, 27T27T2T U2TU27TUUUhttp://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ UUUUU2T2T27T 3 0B0BCONTENTS Documents Under Scrutiny or Awaiting Correspondence 5 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 5 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 7 Department for Education 9 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10 Department of Health and Social Care 12 Department for International Development 13 Department for International Trade 14 Department for Transport 15 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 17 HM Treasury 18 Ministry of Defence 22 Inquiries and Reports 23 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 23 Department for Exiting the European Union 25 Department for Transport 25 HM Treasury 25 Home Office 26 Documents Cleared from Scrutiny 27 Cabinet Office 27 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 27 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 28 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 28 Department for International Development 30 Department for International Trade 30 Department for Transport 31 Department for Work and Pensions 33 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 33 HM Treasury 34 Office for National Statistics 35 Committee Members and Contact Details 36 4 DOCUMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY OR AWAITING CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY OR AWAITING CORRESPONDENCE The documents that this section lists are: those which are under scrutiny and those which have been cleared from scrutiny but are awaiting correspondence from the Government. The next section lists documents under scrutiny in relation to inquiries. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Documents under scrutiny 6782/20 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Goods COM(20) 102 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN Sifted: COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE 1 Apr 20 COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A New Industrial Strategy for Europe 6783/20 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Services COM(20) 103 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE Sifted: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS An SME 1 Apr 20 Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe 6263/20 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE Goods COM(20) 64 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE Sifted: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 16 Mar 20 Report on the safety and liability implications of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics 15051/19 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Environment COM(19) 640 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN Sifted: COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN 22 Jan 20 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The European Green Deal Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister 31 Jan 20 12118/18 PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN Goods COM(18) 639 PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL discontinuing Sifted: SWD(18) 406 seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 16 Oct 18 2000/84/EC Request for further information—Kelly Tolhurst Reasoned MP Opinion: 24 Oct 18 Letters from the Chair Letters from the Report: Minister 11 Feb 20 HL15 2 Nov 18 19 Nov 18 21 Dec 18 21 Jan 19 8 Feb 19 4 Apr 19 27 Jun 19 23 Jul 19 20 Dec 19 31 Jan 20 8713/18 Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN Select 8725/18 PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Sifted: 5 DOCUMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY OR AWAITING CORRESPONDENCE COM(18) 218 protection of persons reporting on breaches of 26 Jun 18 COM(18) 214 Union law SWD(18) 116 8125/18 SWD(18) 117 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO cleared on THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND 31 Jan 20 THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE Strengthening whistleblower protection at EU level Committee will follow-up in due course—Kelly Tolhurst MP Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister 24 Jul 18 3 Sep 18 16 Oct 18 11 Feb 19 2 Jul 19 9 Jul 19 4 Oct 19 23 Oct 19 31 Jan 20 9 Mar 20 Documents cleared but awaiting correspondence with ministers 15150/16 Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN Environment 15135/16 PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common Sifted: 15149/16 rules for the internal market in electricity (recast) 12 Jan 17 15151/16 Cleared: COM(16) 863 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN 12 Dec 18 COM(16) 864 PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing COM(16) 861 a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of COM(16) 862 Energy Regulators (recast) Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast) Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on risk- preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC Request for further updates in due course-Rt Hon Claire Perry MP Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister 3 Mar 17 21 Mar 17 6 Jul 17 10 Aug 17 11 Oct 17 22 Nov 17 (15151/16) 30 Nov 17 (15151/16) 11 Dec 17 (15151/16) 14 Dec 17 31 Jan 18 23 Feb 18 6 Dec 18 12 Dec 18 31 Jan 20 6 DOCUMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY OR AWAITING CORRESPONDENCE Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 62B66BDocuments under scrutiny 6237/20 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Services COM(20) 67 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE Sifted: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Shaping 24 Mar 20 Europe's digital future 6250/20 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Services COM(20) 66 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE Sifted: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A 24 Mar 20 European strategy for data Request for further information—John Whittingdale MP Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister 25 Mar 20 6266/20 WHITE PAPER On Artificial Intelligence - A Services COM(20) 65 European approach to excellence and trust Sifted: 16 Mar 20 5664/20 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Services COM(20) 50 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE Sifted: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Secure 5G 26 Feb 20 deployment in the EU - Implementing the EU toolbox Request for further information—Matt Warman MP Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister 19 Mar 20 5358/17 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN Services COM(17) 10 PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning Sifted: SWD(17) 3-6 the respect for private life and the protection of 7 Feb 17 personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications) Request for further information—Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister 30 Mar 17 6 Mar 18 19 Apr 18 18 Jun 18 20 Dec 18 17 Jan 19 12 Mar 19 4 Nov 19 21 Jan 20 31 Jan 20 06 Feb 20 6 Mar 20 19 Mar 20 7 DOCUMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY OR AWAITING CORRESPONDENCE Documents cleared but awaiting correspondence with ministers 8578/18 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO Services COM(18) 236 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE Sifted: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 6 Jun 18 AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Tackling Cleared: online disinformation: a European Approach 5 Jul 18 Request for further information—Margot James MP Letters from the Chair Letters from the Minister