The Welsh Affairs Committee is appointed under Standing Order
No 152 to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of
the Welsh Office and of associated public bodies.
The Committee consists of 11 Members. It has a quorum of
three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated
to the Committee continue to be members of it for the remainder
of the Parliament.
The Committee has 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 appointed under
the same Standing Order (and to the Committee of Public Accounts,
the Deregulation Committee and the Environmental Audit 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.
The membership of the Committee since its nomination on 14
July 1997 has been as follows:
Mr Martin Jones (Chairman)
| Mr John Bercow | Ms Jackie Lawrence
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| Mr Martin Caton | Mr Richard Livsey
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| Mr Huw Edwards (appointed | Ms Julie Morgan
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| 8 December 1997) | Mr Owen Paterson
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| Mr Paul Flynn (discharged | Mr Gareth Thomas
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| 8 December 1997) | Mrs Betty Williams
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| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | |
Mr Martyn Jones was elected Chairman on 22 July 1997
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