The Scottish Affairs Committee is appointed
under Standing Order No 152 to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of The Scottish Office and associated public bodies;
and administration and expenditure of the Lord Advocate's Departments,
together with policy functions discharged by the Lord Advocate
through the Scottish Courts Administration, but excluding consideration
of individual cases and appointments, advice given within government
by Scottish Law Officers, and the drafting of bills.
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 such committee
and to the European Scrutiny Committee, to the Committee of Public
Accounts, the Deregulation Committee and to the Environmental
Audit Committee their 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; or with the European Scrutiny Committee
or any Sub-Committee thereof, for the purposes of deliberating
or taking evidence.
The membership of the Committee since its
nomination on 14 July 1997 has been as follows:
Mrs Irene Adams
Mr Peter Atkinson
Miss Anne Begg
Mr Eric Clarke
Mr John McAllion
Mrs Rosemary McKenna (discharged 2.3.98) |
Mr David Marshall
Mr Michael Moore
Mrs Sandra Osborne (added 2.3.98)
Mr David Stewart
Mr Desmond Swayne
Mr Andrew Welsh |
Mr David Marshall was elected Chairman on
16 July 1997.
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