European Union (Amendment) Bill

I do not accept that. The House will reach a decision on the rules that govern it, and it is not for the Government to stipulate how that should happen. However, we have given my hon. Friend the Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Michael Connarty), who is not currently in his place, an assurance that we will work with the Select Committees on the best way in which to structure those agreements. The hon. Member for Stone has discussed scrutiny override. In its 12th report, which was published earlier this year, the European Scrutiny Committee accepted that—I can claim no personal credit for this—the number of scrutiny overrides has decreased to five, which is the lowest figure ever. The report ““warmly welcomed”” the improvements in the reduction of scrutiny override.