APPENDIX 26
Letter from the Clerk of the Select Committee
on Public Administration to the Clerk of the Procedure Committee
Thank you for your letter about the Procedure
Committee's inquiry concerning how the House might scrutinise
reserved matters as they operate in Scotland, Wales or Northern
Ireland. My Committee considered the matter on Tuesday 23 February.
The Committee agreed that it needed to consider
the subject of devolution and the Civil Service more broadly,
and has decided to take evidence on the subject, probably towards
the end of May. Although they did not come to a firm conclusion
on the options that were proposed in your letter, they did indicate
that they are interested in the impact of devolution on the Civil
Service, and would expect to continue to take an interest in Civil
Service issues across the UK. This would not necessarily preclude
the regional Committees at Westminster becoming interested in
these subjects.
25 February 1999
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