The EU`s Security and Justice Subcommittee looks at the UK`s future internal and external security relations with the EU, including criminal justice, police, data exchange and defence. The subcommittee brings together different aspects of the former subcommittees on home affairs, foreign affairs and justice. Prior to the start of the 2012/2013 meeting, the special committee had seven subcommittees. In May 2012, at the beginning of the new session of Parliament, the special committee restructured its subcommittees, eliminated the former subcommittee on Social Policy and Consumer Protection[7] and revised the tasks of the six remaining sub-committees. [8] Shortly after the UK`s withdrawal agreement with the EU came into force in January 2020, the subcommittees were further reduced to five, bringing the six existing subcommittees together in four and adding the new subcommittee on international agreements. The new sub-committees are as follows: the difficult precedent of the withdrawal agreement with the European Union shows that we must not underestimate the challenges that lie ahead. But the new Lords Committee, which will work under the EU House of Lords Committee in 2020, will play a crucial role in ensuring that these new agreements get the control they deserve. The EU Services Subcommittee examines policies relating to the UK`s relationship with the European Union in the areas of financial and non-financial services trade, science, education and culture. The subcommittee replaces the former financial affairs subcommittee to a large extent with additional duties of the Home Affairs Subcommittee. Over the next year, the government will negotiate important trade agreements with the world`s major economies. These agreements need to be examined because they have a direct impact on people`s lives in the UNITED Kingdom. It will be essential that the British Parliament is well informed about all new international agreements, writes Lord Kinnoull.

| PA Images International Trade Committee: The COVID 19 pandemic and international trade Much of the detailed audit of EU documents is carried out by subcommittees, each with a distinct policy area. The Grand Committee monitors the work of the sub-committees, approves their reports and examines proposals on cross-cutting areas, such as the Lisbon Treaty and the Multi-Year Financial Framework.