The Scottish Affairs Committee
The Scottish Affairs Committee is appointed by the
House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and
policy of the Scotland Office (including (i) relations with the
Scottish Parliament and (ii) administration and expenditure of
the offices of the Advocate General for Scotland (but excluding
individual cases and advice given within government by the Advocate
General)).
Current membership
Mr Ian Davidson MP (Labour/Co-op, Glasgow South
West) (Chair)
Mike Crockart MP (Liberal Democrat, Edinburgh
West)
Mrs Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative, Epping Forest)
Jim McGovern MP (Labour, Dundee West)
Graeme Morrice MP (Labour, Livingston)
Pamela Nash MP (Labour, Airdrie and Shotts)
Sir Jim Paice MP (Conservative, South East Cambridgeshire)
Simon Reevell MP (Conservative, Dewsbury)
Mr Alan Reid MP (Liberal Democrat, Argyll and
Bute)
Lindsay Roy MP (Labour, Glenrothes)
Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP (Scottish National Party,
Banff and Buchan)
The following members were also members of the committee
during the Parliament:
Fiona Bruce MP (Conservative, Congleton)
Mike Freer MP (Conservative, Finchley and Golders
Green)
Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour/Co-op, Kilmarnock and
Loudoun)
Mark Menzies MP (Conservative, Fylde)
Iain McKenzie MP (Labour, Inverclyde)
David Mowat MP (Conservative, Warrington South)
Fiona O'Donnell MP (Labour, East Lothian)
Julian Smith MP (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)
Powers
The committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 152. These are available on the internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet
at www.parliament.uk/scotaffcom. A list of Reports of the Committee
in the present parliament is at the back of this volume.
The Reports of the
Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence
taken and some or all written evidence are available in a printed
volume. Additional written evidence may be published on the internet
only.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Rebecca Davies
(Clerk), Rhiannon Hollis (Clerk), Duma Langton (Inquiry Manager),
Gabrielle Hill (Senior Committee Assistant) and Ravi Abhayaratne
(Committee Support Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Scottish Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 6123; the Committee's email address is scotaffcom@parliament.uk
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