The Committee recommended the setting up of the House of Lords European Communities Committee ( since 1999 the European Union Committee ) to scrutinise proposal for Community legislation .
He became that House of Lords European Communities Committee 's first clerk ( 1974 to 1983 ) .
The Committee recommended the setting up of the House of Lords European Communities Committee ( since 1999 the European Union Committee ) to scrutinise proposal for Community legislation , and he became that Committee 's first clerk ( 1974 to 1983 ) .