Sessional Returns Session 1998-99 - Contents


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

DateDestination
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


 
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