Select Committee on Welsh Affairs First Special Report




The Welsh Affairs Committee is appointed under Standing Order No 152 to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Welsh Office and associated public bodies.

The Committee consists of 11 Members of whom the quorum is three.

The Committee shall have power:

    (a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time;

    (b) to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;

    (c) to communicate to any other committee and to the Committee of Public Accounts and to the Deregulation Committee its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest; and

    (d) to meet concurrently with any other such committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence, or considering draft reports.

Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the Committee continue to be Members of the Committee for the remainder of the Parliament.


The membership of the Committee since its nomination on 14 July 1997 has been as follows:

Mr Martyn Jones (Chairman)


Mr John BercowMr Richard Livsey
(appointed 14.7.97) (appointed 14.7.97)
Mr Martin CatonMs Julie Morgan
(appointed 14.7.97) (appointed 14.7.97)
Mr Paul FlynnMr Owen Paterson
(appointed 14.7.97) (appointed 14.7.97)
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones Mr Gareth Thomas
(appointed 14.7.97) (appointed 14.7.97)
Ms Jackie Lawrence Mrs Betty Williams
(appointed 14.7.97) (appointed 14.7.97)


Mr Martyn Jones was elected Chairman on 14 July 1997.


 
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