10. SELECT COMMITTEES
31. Scottish Affairs
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 27 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings
|
| attended
|
|
Marshall, Mr David (Chairman) | 25
|
Adams, Mrs Irene | 15
|
Atkinson, Mr Peter | 0
|
Begg, Miss Anne | 23
|
Clarke, Mr Eric | 18
|
McAllion, Mr John | 11
|
McKenna, Mrs Rosemary (discharged, 2.3.98) |
0 |
Moore, Mr Michael (discharged, 1.11.99) |
18 |
Osborne, Mrs Sandra (added, 2.3.98) | 18
|
Smith, Sir Robert (added, 1.11.99) | 1
|
Stewart, Mr David | 10
|
Swayne, Mr David | 18
|
Welsh, Mr Andrew | 16
|
|
Overall attendance: | 58.2 %
|
Number of Members added: | 2
|
Number of Members discharged: | 2
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
18 % |
|
Staff
Committee Clerk: Ms Alda Barry, Deputy Principal Clerk (Senior
Structure Band 2).
Committee Assistant: Mr John Dresner, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) (until 30.9.99)
Secretary: Mrs Linda Humphreys, Secretary (Band D1) (until 16.3.99);
Mrs Alison Ross, Secretary (Band D1 (19.4.99 until 17.6.99)
Dr Devra Kay, Secretary (Band D1) (19.10.99 until 16.11.99)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Gary Buchanan, Professor Neil Hood, Professor Alan McGregor,
Mr David Webster, Mr Alf Young, Professor Stephen Young.
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Other Ministers
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
| |
The Scottish Office
| 6 |
other departments
| 2 |
comprising: Department of Social Security
| 2 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 33 |
comprising Local Authorities
| 9 |
National Trust
| 1 |
Scottish Enterprise
| 15 |
Scottish Tourist Board
| 8 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 50 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose | Cost
|
11-15.1.99
| USA | 7
| 3D
| Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £47,647.57
|
29.3.99
| The Republic of Ireland
| 5 |
3D
| Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £3,100.70
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
B Includes 1 shorthand writer
C Includes 2 specialist advisers and 2 shorthand writers
D Includes 1 Member's facilitator
* Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
7.12.98
| Dundee and Angus | 1
| 3B
| Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £1,081.87
|
14.12.98
| Paisley | 5
| 3B
| Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £828.00
|
15.02.99
| Ayr | 6
| 3B
| Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £1,885.28
|
22.02.99
| Livingston | 7
| 2 |
Inquiry into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland
| £911.91
|
15.3.99
| Aberdeen | 6
| 2 |
Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £2,562.96
|
30.3.99
| Belfast | 5
| 3 D
| Inquiries into Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland and Tourism in Scotland
| £1,571.49
|
24.5.99
| Stirling | 1
| 2 |
Inquiry into Tourism in Scotland
| £995.26
|
21.6.99
| Inverness | 4
| 4 B D
| Inquiry into Tourism in Scotland
| £2,818.29
|
BIncludes 1 shorthand
writer
DIncludes 1 Member's facilitator
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1998-99)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland
| 84-I |
30.6.99 |
40 | £8.00
| Reply awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence: Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland
| 84-II |
30.6.99 |
410 | £31.50
| Not applicable
|
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland
| 84-III
| 30.6.99
| 24 |
£6.50 |
Not applicable
|
Second Report: Tourism in Scotland
| 85-I |
27.7.99 |
31 | £7.00
| Reply awaited
|
Memoranda of Evidence: Tourism in Scotland
| 85-II |
27.7.99 |
243 | £22.00
| Not applicable
|
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Tourism in Scotland
| 85-III
| 27.7.99
| 51 |
£9.70 |
Not applicable
|
First Special Report: Government Reply to the Second Report of the Committee (Session 1997-98) The Operation of Multi-layer Democracy
| 331 |
18.3.99 |
4 | £1.45
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Committee Membership
| 368 |
31.3.99 |
6 | £1.70
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Scottish Office
| 20-i |
22.1.99 |
16 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
| 446 |
1.7.99 |
23 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Health in Scotland
| 460-i |
12.7.99 |
28 | £7.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Scottish Office
| 771 |
21.9.99 |
24 | £6.20
| Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 1997-98
Reply to the Committee's Second Report: The Operation of Multi-layer
Democracy, published as HC331 (18.3.99).
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1997-98
were published on 10.2.99 as HC 1176, Session 1997-98. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99 will be published
as HC 915, Session 1998-99.]
Divisions
None.
Debates
None.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 19 of the Committee's 27 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry
| No. of oral evidence sessions
| No. of memoranda received
| No. of memoranda received from
| No. of memoranda published
| No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
|
|
| Govt. Departments
| executive agencies
| public bodies
|
|
|
Inward/Outward Investment in Scotland
| 16 |
30 | 3
| 0 |
3 | 30
| 0 |
Tourism in Scotland |
9 | 39
| 1 |
0 | 4
| 39 |
0 |
Total | 25
| 69 |
4 | 0
| 7 |
69 | 0
|
Includes non-Ministerial Departments
|