European Affairs Committee

The European Affairs Committee in the House of Lords scrutinises UK relations with the European Union and European policy matters affecting Parliament. As a select committee, it conducts inquiries into cross-cutting issues and regularly takes oral evidence from government departments, external experts, and other witnesses. The committee holds formal meetings typically lasting two-and-a-half hours, as evidenced by sessions in May and June 2026. Recent work has focused substantially on dynamic alignment between UK and EU law, examining the Windsor framework and devolution implications, trade arrangements under current agreements, and comparative models from Nordic and Swiss arrangements. The committee has also investigated the EU Settlement Scheme and migration policy interactions with the Home Office, alongside post-summit developments in fisheries negotiations between the UK and EU. This inquiry-based approach reflects the Lords committee's role in providing detailed scrutiny of evolving UK-EU relationships across multiple policy domains.