{"longTitle":"A Bill to establish a Commission to carry out regular audits of the economic costs and benfits of the UK's membership of the European Union; and for connected purposes","summary":"The Bill would establish a Commission to carry out regular audits of the costs and benefits of the UK&rsquo;s membership of the European Union. <br><br>Key areas<br><br>The Commission would be established within six months of the Bill being passed, and then every five years afterwards.<br><br>The Commission would examine issues relating to :  <br><ul><li>the economy (including financial contributions to the EU Budget) </li><li>national security and defence </li><li>constitutional arrangements .  </li></ul>The Commission would report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who would present the report to both Houses, along with the views of the National Audit Office on it.","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":242,"name":"Mr Christopher Chope","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/242/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/242/contact","memberFrom":"Christchurch"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":248,"shortTitle":"European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2008-07-23T19:37:00","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":8,"introducedSessionId":21,"includedSessionIds":[21],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":1211,"stageId":7,"sessionId":21,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[{"id":1093,"stageId":7,"billStageId":1211,"billId":248,"date":"2008-06-20T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":2}}