European Parliamentary Labour Party: What does an MEP do?: European Parliament Committee Places

There are 20 parliamentary committees.

A committee consists of between 28 and 86 MEPs, and has a chair, a bureau and a secretariat. The political make-up of the committees reflects that of the plenary assembly .

The parliamentary committees meet once or twice a month in Brussels. Their debates are held in public.

The committees draw up, amend and adopt legislative proposals and own-initiative reports. They consider Commission and Council proposals and, where necessary, draw up reports to be presented to the plenary assembly.

Parliament can also set up sub-committees and temporary committees to deal with specific issues, and committees of inquiry under its supervisory remit.

The committee chairs coordinate the work of the committees in the Conference of Committee Chairmen.

Labour MEPs are reprsented on all of the 20 committees in the European Parliament and their full membership details are listed below.

To go directly to an MEPs web page please click on their name.

Alternatively you can go to a Committee's home page on the European Parliament web site by clicking on the name of the committee.

Committee	Member
Agriculture & Rural Development	Brian Simpson
Budgets	Richard Corbett Neena Gill
Budgetary Control	Richard Corbett Eluned Morgan
Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs	Michael Cashman Claude Moraes
Constitutional Affairs	Richard Corbett
Culture & Education	Mary Honeyball
Development	Glenys Kinnock Linda McAvan
Economic & Monetary Affairs	Robert Evans Peter Skinner
Employment and Social Affairs	Richard Howitt Stephen Hughes Claude Moraes Glenis Willmott
Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety	David Martin Linda McAvan Eluned Morgan Glenis Willmott
Fisheries	Catherine Stihler
Foreign Affairs	Glyn Ford Richard Howitt
Human Rights Sub Committee	Michael Cashman Robert Evans Richard Howitt (1st Vice Chair)
Security Sub Committee	Glyn Ford Richard Howitt
Internal Market & Consumer Protection	Stephen Hughes Arlene McCarthy (Chair) Gary Titley
Industry, Research & Energy	Neena Gill Mary Honeyball Eluned Morgan Peter Skinner
International Trade	Glyn Ford Glenys Kinnock David Martin
Legal Affairs	Arlene McCarthy Gary Titley
Petitions	Michael Cashman (1st Vice Chair) Glyn Ford David Martin
Regional Development	Michael Cashman Catherine Stihler
Transport & Tourism	Robert Evans Brian Simpson Catherine Stihler
Women's Rights & Gender Equality	Mary Honeyball

European Parliament Committee Places

Human Rights Sub Committee