The Scottish Affairs Committee is appointed under
Standing Order No 130 to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of The Scottish Office and associated public bodies;
and administration and expenditure of the Lord Advocate's Department,
together with policy functions discharged by the Lord Advocate
through the Scottish Courts Administration, but excluding consideration
of individual cases and appointments, advice given within government
by Scottish Law Officers, and the drafting of bills.
The Committee consists of 11 Members. It has
a quorum of three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all members
nominated to the Committee continue to be members of it for the
remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for persons, papers and records,
to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn
from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either
to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate
matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to any other committee
appointed under the same Standing Order (and to the Committee
of Public Accounts, the Deregulation Committee, the Environmental
Audit Committee and the European Scrutiny Committee) its evidence
and any other documents relating to matters of common interest;
(d) to meet concurrently with any other
such committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence,
or considering draft reports.
The membership of the Committee since its
nomination on 14 July 1997 has been as follows:
| Mrs Irene Adams | Mr David Marshall |
| Mr Peter Atkinson | Mr Michael Moore |
| Miss Anne Begg | Mrs Sandra Osborne
(added 2.3.98) |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Mr David Stewart |
| Mr John McAllion | Mr Desmond Swayne |
Mrs Rosemary McKenna
(discharged 2.3.98) | Mr Andrew
Welsh |
Mr David Marshall was elected Chairman on
16 July 1997.
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