Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; P.Giddings & G.Drewry - PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE - The Development of the European Community, 1973-95; D.Miers - The Constitutional Background; A.Page - The Evolution of the Scrutiny System in the House of Commons; P.Baines - The House of Lords and the European Community: the Evolution of Arrangements for Scrutiny; D.Shell - PART 2: THE WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT IN ACTION - The House of Commons and the European Community, 1990-91; P.Giddings & P.Baines - The House of Lords and the European Community, 1990-91; D.Shell - Parliament and the Common Agricultural Policy, 1990-92; P.Baines - Parliament and the Welfare of Farm Animals; P.Baines - The Road to Maastricht: Parliament and the Intergovernmental Conferences of 1991; R.Ware - Legislation and Ratification: the Passage of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993; R.Ware - PART 3: CONCLUSIONS - Scrutiny without Power? The Impact of the European Community on the Westminster Parliament; P.Giddings & G.Drewry - The Way Forward?; D.Millar - Appendix: Scrutiny of European Community Affairs by National Parliaments; D.Millar - Bibliography - Index