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. 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;
(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 Martyn Jones (Chairman)
| Mr John Bercow | Dr Julian Lewis
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| (discharged 22 June 1998) | (appointed 22 June 1998)
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| Mr Martin Caton | Mr Richard Livsey
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| Mr Huw Edwards | Mr Elfyn Llwyd
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| (appointed 8 December 1997) | (appointed 20 April 1998)
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| Mr Paul Flynn | Ms Julie Morgan
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| (discharged 8 December 1997) | Mr Owen Paterson
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| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | Mr Gareth Thomas
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| (discharged 20 April 1998) | Mrs Betty Williams
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| Ms Jackie Lawrence | |
Mr Martyn Jones was elected Chairman on 22 July 1997.
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