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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet European Scrutiny Committee Publications

European Scrutiny - Seventeenth Report Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 January 2002. CONTENTS REPORT Background Definition of 'judicial authority' European Convention on Human Rights Dual criminality and the absence of definition of offences Absence of any guarantee of retrial for a person convicted in absentia The processes of the Council APPENDIX:  Letter from Bob Ainsworth MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office to the Chairman of the Committee PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT THE COMMITTEE'S STANDING ORDER AND MEMBERSHIP AND THE SCRUTINY RESERVE RESOLUTION MINUTES OF EVIDENCE Wednesday 9 January 2002

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