Appendix 3
List of witnesses
The following witnesses gave evidence. Those marked
with an * gave oral evidence.
The evidence was published on 10 July 2002 (HL Paper
147, Session 2001-02).
* Mrs Irene Adams JP MP, Chairman, House of
Commons Scottish Affairs Select Committee
* The Lord Alderdice FRCPI, FRCPsych MLA, Speaker
of the Northern Ireland Assembly
* Mr Nicholas Baird, Head, European Union Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
* Professor David Bell, Professor of Economics,
University of Stirling
* Professor Paul Bew, Professor of Irish Politics,
Queen's University, Belfast
* Professor Vernon Bogdanor CBE, FBA, Professor
of Government, University of Oxford
* Miss Sarah Bradburn, Senior Policy Manager,
National Farmers Union Scotland
Canadian High Commission
Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development,
Northern Ireland Assembly
Committee for Employment and Learning, Northern
Ireland Assembly
Committee for Social Development, Northern Ireland
Assembly
Committee of the Centre, Northern Ireland Assembly
The Rt Hon. Robin Cook MP, Leader of the House
of Commons
Council of Civil Service Unions
* Professor John Curtice, Strathclyde University
* Ms Linda Devlin, Head of the Machinery of
Government Division, Office of the First and Deputy First Minister,
Northern Ireland Executive.
* Ms Ros Dunn, Head of the Devolved Countries
and Regions Team, Treasury
* Mr Mark Durkan MLA, Deputy First Minister,
Northern Ireland Executive
* The Lord Elis-Thomas AM, Presiding Officer,
National Assembly for Wales
* Ms Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Parliamentary
Business, Scottish Executive
* Mr Ross Finnie MSP, Minister for Environment
and Rural Development, Scottish Executive
* Mr Ian Gordon, Head of Department, Scotland
Office
* Mr Robert Gordon, Chief Executive, Crown Office
and Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services, Scottish Executive
* Mr Paul Grice, Clerk of the Scottish Parliament
* Ms Edwina Hart MBE AM, Minister for Finance,
Local Government and Communities, National Assembly for Wales
* Professor Robert Hazell, Director of the Constitution
Unit and Professor of Government and the Constitution, University
of Wales
* Professor David Heald, Professor of Accountancy,
University of Aberdeen
* Mr Victor Hewitt, Head of Strategic Policy
Division and Chief Economist, Department of Finance and Personnel,
Northern Ireland Executive
Mr Gerard Horgan, University of Oxford
* Mrs Alison Jackson, Head of Department, Wales
Office
* Mr Bill Jeffrey, Political Director, Northern
Ireland Office
* The Rt Hon. Dr John Reid MP, Secretary of
State for Northern Ireland
* Mr Carwyn Jones AM, Minister for Rural Affairs,
National Assembly for Wales
* Mr Martyn Jones MP, Chairman, Welsh Affairs
Committee
* Mr Andy Kerr MSP, Minister for Finance, Scottish
Executive
The Law Society of Scotland
* Mr Andy Lebrecht, Director General, Food,
Farming and Fisheries Directorate, Department for Environment
and Rural Affairs
* The Rt Hon. Helen Liddell MP, Secretary of
State for Scotland
* Mr Gerry Loughran, Head of the Northern Ireland
Civil Service
* Dr John Marek AM, Deputy Presiding Officer,
National Assembly for Wales
* Mr Michael Mates MP, Chairman, Northern Ireland
Affairs Committee
* Mr Denis McCartney, Senior Legal Adviser,
Department of the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister,
Northern Ireland Executive.
* Dr Andrew McCormick, Second Permanent Secretary,
Department of Finance and Personnel to the Select Committee on
the Constitution, Northern Ireland Executive
* Professor David McCrone, Professor of Sociology
and Co-director, Institute for Governance, University of Edinburgh
Professor Iain McLean, Professor of Politics,
University of Oxford
* Mr Colin Miller, Head of Constitutional Policy
Unit, Scottish Executive, First Minister, Northern Ireland Executive
Ministry for Public Administrations, on behalf
of the government of the Kingdom of Spain
* Mr Arthur Moir, Clerk of the Northern Ireland
Assembly
* The Rt Hon. Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister,
National Assembly for Wales
Mrs Elizabeth Morley
* The Rt Hon. Paul Murphy MP, Secretary of State
for Wales
National Farmers Union of England and Wales
Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance
* Mr John Osmond, Director, Institute of Welsh
Affairs
* Professor Alan Page, Professor of Public Law,
University of Dundee
* Mr Mark Parkinson, Head of the Devolution
Branch, Devolved Countries and Regions Team, the Treasury
* Mr Richard Parry, Senior Lecturer in Social
Policy, University of Edinburgh
* Professor Keith Patchett, Emeritus Professor
of Law, University of Wales
Plaid Cymru/Party of Wales Group, National Assembly
for Wales
* The Rt Hon. John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime
Minister and First Secretary of State
* Ms Jenny Randerson AM, Acting Deputy First
Minister, National Assembly for Wales
* Mr Joe Reynolds, Deputy Clerk, Northern Ireland
Assembly
* Mr Michael Roberts, Head of Division, European
Secretariat, Cabinet Office
* Mr Winston Roddick QC, Counsel-General, National
Assembly for Wales
Royal Society of Edinburgh
* Sir Muir Russell KCB FRSE, Permanent Secretary
* Mr Jim Scudamore, Chief Veterinary Officer
and Director General, Animal Health and Directorate, Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
* Mr Jon Shortridge, Permanent Secretary of the
National Assembly for Wales
* Mr Paul Silk, Clerk of the National Assembly
for Wales
* Mr Peter Small CB, Permanent Secretary, Department
of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive
* The Rt Hon. the Lord Steel of Aikwood KBE
PC DL MSP, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
* Mr Patrick Toal, Deputy Secretary and Principal
Finance Officer, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Northern Ireland Executive
* The Rt Hon. David Trimble MP MLA, First Minister,
Northern Ireland Executive
* Mr Peter Unwin, Director, Central Policy Group,
Cabinet Office
* Mr Jim Walker, President, National Farmers,
Union Scotland
* Sir Stephen Wall KCMG LVO, Head of the European
Secretariat, Cabinet Office
* The Rt Hon. Jim Wallace QC MSP, Deputy First
Minister and Minister for Justice, Scottish Executive
The Rt Hon. the Lord Williams of Mostyn QC,
Leader of the House of Lords
* Sir Richard Wilson GCB, Secretary of the Cabinet
and Head of the Home Civil Service
Barry K Winetrobe, Constitution Unit, University
of London
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