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European Communities - Sixth Report Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 31 July 1997.

CONTENTS REPORT PART 1 INTRODUCTION  1 Evidence and Structure of the Report  11 PART 2 THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCRUTINY OF THE THIRD PILLAR AND SUGGESTIONS FOR REFORM Introduction  13 The timing of deposit of documents for scrutiny  16 Scrutiny criteria  27 Supplementary Information  44 Scrutiny Reserve  52 Minimum Scrutiny Period  62 Secrecy and Confidentiality  69 Provision of Council and K.4 Committee Agendas  77 Ministerial briefings on the Third Pillar  87 Third Party access to Third Pillar documents  98 PART 3 THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS MATTERS ARISING FROM THE DRAFT AMSTERDAM TREATY Introduction  109 The New Title III-A and the effect of Protocol Y  112 The Protocol Integrating the Schengen acquis into the Maastricht Treaty  116 Article K.6 and the Declaration on Article K.6(2)  123 A formal consultation role for the European Parliament  130 The draft Protocol on the Role of National Parliaments  138 Transparency and openness  146 PART 4 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS  158 Recommendation  159 Appendix 1-Membership of Sub-Committee F Appendix 2-List of witnesses Appendix 3-The Legislative Process and Legislative Procedures Applicable under the Justice and Home Affairs Pillar of the Treaty on European Union NOTE: Pages of the report are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text are as follows: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence; (p) refers to a page of written evidence.

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