Scottish Affairs Select Committee

The Scottish Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (and prior to that, the Scottish Office), and relations with the Scottish Parliament. It also looks at the administration and expenditure of the Advocate General for Scotland.[1]

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Unlike the Scottish Grand Committee, MPs from constituencies outwith Scotland can, and do, sit on the Scottish Affairs Committee.

Membership

Following the 2019 general election, the House of Commons appointed the members of the Scottish Affairs committee on 4 May 2020. As of July 2020 the membership is as follows:[2]

	Party	Constituency
Pete Wishart MP (Chair)	Scottish National Party	Perth & North Perthshire
Mhairi Black MP	Scottish National Party	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Deidre Brock MP	Scottish National Party	Edinburgh North and Leith
Andrew Bowie MP	Conservative	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Alberto Costa MP	Conservative	South Leicestershire
Douglas Ross MP	Conservative	Moray
Sally-Ann Hart MP	Conservative	Hastings and Rye
John Lamont MP	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Jon Cruddas MP	Labour	Dagenham and Rainham
Liz Twist MP	Labour	Blaydon
Wendy Chamberlain MP	Liberal Democrats	North East Fife

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
29 November 2010	Mark Menzies MP (Conservative)	Fylde	→	Mike Freer MP (Conservative)	Finchley and Golders Green	Hansard
29 November 2010	Julian Smith MP (Conservative)	Skipton and Ripon	→	Simon Reevell MP (Conservative)	Dewsbury	Hansard
25 October 2011	Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	→	Iain McKenzie MP (Labour)	Inverclyde	Hansard
25 October 2011	Fiona O'Donnell MP (Labour)	East Lothian	→	Graeme Morrice MP (Labour)	Livingston	Hansard
23 January 2012	Graeme Morrice MP (Labour)	Livingston	→	Pamela Nash MP (Labour)	Airdrie and Shotts	Hansard
5 November 2012	David Mowat MP (Conservative)	Warrington South	→	Michael Crockart MP (Liberal Democrat)	Edinburgh West	Hansard
28 January 2013	Fiona Bruce MP (Conservative)	Congleton	→	Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative)	Epping Forest	Hansard
28 January 2013	Iain McKenzie MP (Labour)	Inverclyde	→	Graeme Morrice MP (Labour)	Livingston	Hansard
4 February 2013	Mike Freer MP (Conservative)	Finchley and Golders Green	→	Sir James Paice MP (Conservative)	South East Cambridgeshire	Hansard

List of chairs

	First elected	Method
Vacant [3]	June 1987
William McKelvey [3]	15 July 1992	Elected by the Select Committee
Irene Adams	14 July 1997	Elected by the Select Committee
Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar	13 July 2005	Elected by the Select Committee
Ian Davidson[4]	10 June 2010	Elected by the House of Commons (uncontested)
Pete Wishart[5]	10 June 2015	Elected by the House of Commons (uncontested)

References

UK Parliament - Scottish Affairs Select Committee Home Page
"Scottish Affairs Committee - Membershi". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
"House of Commons - Liaison Committee - First Report". UK Parliament. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Results of elections for select committee chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

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