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Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe has met in (a) 2006 and (b) the last five years; and what the format was of each meeting. (104786)

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.