The Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe has met five times in 2006. During the last five years the Committee has met as follows:
2001 2 (the committee was established in the autumn)
2002 4
2003 4
2004 11
2005 9
The committee is made up of the following Ministers:
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Chair)
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Secretary of State for Health
Secretary of State for Media Culture and Sport
Minister for the Cabinet Office and for Social Exclusion (and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Wales
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
Secretary of State for International Development
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland
Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair
Attorney General
Minister for Europe
First Minister, Scottish Executive
Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice, Scottish Executive
First Minister, Welsh Assembly Government
Other Ministers of the Scottish Executive and Welsh Assembly Government may be invited to attend as necessary.