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
Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party, Perth and North Perthshire) (Chair)
Mr David Anderson (Labour, Blaydon)
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party, Aberdeen North)
Mr Christopher Chope (Conservative, Christchurch)
Mr Jim Cunningham (Labour, Coventry South)
Margaret Ferrier (Scottish National Party, Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Labour, Jarrow)
Chris Law (Scottish National Party, Dundee West)
Dr Poulter (Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
John Stevenson (Conservative, Carlisle)
Maggie Throup (Conservative, Erewash)
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
Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website and in print by Order of the House. Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Jyoti Chandola (Clerk), Peter Stam (Second Clerk), Edward Faulkner (Committee Specialist), Steven Price (Senior Committee Assistant), Annabel Russell (Committee Assistant), Jake Barker (Social Media Assistant) and George Perry (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Scottish Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 8204; the Committee’s email address is scotaffcom@parliament.uk.
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20 July 2016