PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF EU LEGISLATION

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That this House notes that in the combined 2003-04 and 2004-05 parliamentary sessions only eight hours thirty minutes was spent in this House on considering EU documents, out of 1,746 hours available; further notes that other national parliaments in the European Union have established closer structural links with their counterparts in the European Parliament; recognises that European politics can no longer be considered in isolation from the business of the House; and calls on all political parties to look at ways better to scrutinise European legislation.