19/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - Committee reshuffle. On Thursday 19 January, the European Parliament decided to change the number of MEPs on its permanent committees as follows: Committee on Foreign Affairs: 76 members, Committee on Development: 30 members, Committee on International Trade: 31 members, Committee on Budgets: 43 members, Committee on Budgetary Control: 30 members, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs: 48 members, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs: 49 members, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: 69 members, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy: 61 members, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection: 41 members, Committee on Transport and Tourism: 47 members, Committee on Regional Development: 50 members, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development: 44 members, Committee on Fisheries: 25 members, Committee on Culture and Education: 31 members, Committee on Legal Affairs: 25 members, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: 60 members, Committee on Constitutional Affairs: 24 members, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality: 35 members, Committee on Petitions: 35 members. The EP decided to amend the number of members of parliamentary subcommittees as follows: Subcommittee on Human Rights: 31 members, Subcommittee on Security and Defence: 31 members. The EP also decided that the Committee Bureaux may now have up to four vice-chairs. (LC/transl.fl)