Scottish Affairs Select Committee
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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]
Unlike the Scottish Grand Committee, MPs from constituencies outside Scotland can, and do, sit on the Scottish Affairs Committee.
Predecessors
Before 1992 there was not consistent Select Committee scrutiny of Scottish affairs.[2] In 1968 a committee was formed partly in response to the growth of Scottish nationalism, although the committee was closed down by a reorganisation of select committees by Edward Heath's government in 1972. In 1979 Norman St John Stevas the Leader of the House under Margaret Thatcher's government instituted a Select Committee system that closely mirrored government departments in order to have better parliamentary scrutiny of the government. This was again discontinued in 1987 although there was an alternative Scottish Affairs committee composed of opposition MPs.[2]
Membership
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.[3]
2019-2024 Parliament
Following the 2019 general election, the House of Commons appointed the members of the Scottish Affairs committee on 4 May 2020. As of January 2024, the membership was as follows:[4][5]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Pete Wishart MP (chair) | Scottish National Party | Perth & North Perthshire | |
Alan Brown MP | Scottish National Party | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
Wendy Chamberlain MP | Liberal Democrats | North East Fife | |
Alberto Costa MP | Conservative | South Leicestershire | |
David Duguid MP | Conservative | Banff and Buchan | |
Sally-Ann Hart MP | Conservative | Hastings and Rye | |
Christine Jardine MP | Liberal Democrats | Edinburgh West | |
Mark Menzies MP | Independent[a] | Fylde | |
Anum Qaisar MP | Scottish National Party | Airdrie and Shotts | |
Douglas Ross MP | Conservative | Moray | |
Michael Shanks MP | Labour | Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
- ^ Suspended from Conservative Party.
Changes since 2019
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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15 June 2020 | David Duguid MP (Conservative) | Banff and Buchan | → | Douglas Ross MP (Conservative) | Moray | Hansard | ||
8 November 2022 | Andrew Bowie MP (Conservative) | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | → | David Duguid MP (Conservative) | Banff and Buchan | Hansard | ||
9 January 2023 | Mhairi Black MP (SNP) | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | → | Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) | Central Ayrshire | Hansard | ||
21 February 2023[a] | Jon Cruddas MP (Labour) | Dagenham and Rainham | → | Christine Jardine MP (Liberal Democrats) | Edinburgh West | Hansard | ||
Liz Twist MP (Labour) | Blaydon | Andrew Western MP (Labour) | Stretford and Urmston | |||||
22 May 2023 | John Lamont MP (Conservative) | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | → | Mark Menzies MP (Conservative) | Fylde | Hansard | ||
18 September 2023 | Deidre Brock MP (SNP) | Edinburgh North and Leith | → | Alan Brown MP (SNP) | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Hansard | ||
Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) | Central Ayrshire | Anum Qaisar MP (SNP) | Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
22 January 2024 | Andrew Western MP (Labour) | Stretford and Urmston | → | Michael Shanks MP (Labour) | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Hansard |
- ^ Unusually, this motion was voted on by MPs. David Linden objected the nomination due to Labour nominating a Liberal Democrat MP to one of their vacant positions. Since both appointments were within the same motion, both were voted on. Members of select committees for each party are decided within the party, and parties can choose any MP to serve for one of their seats, including from outside of their party. The appointment passed with 383 votes to 37.
2017-2019 Parliament
The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[6][7]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Pete Wishart MP (chair) | Scottish National Party | Perth and North Perthshire | |
Deidre Brock MP | Scottish National Party | Edinburgh North and Leith | |
David Duguid MP | Conservative | Banff and Buchan | |
Hugh Gaffney MP | Labour | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | |
Christine Jardine MP | Liberal Democrats | Edinburgh West | |
Ged Killen MP | Labour and Co-op | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | |
John Lamont MP | Conservative | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | |
Paul Masterton MP | Conservative | East Renfrewshire | |
Danielle Rowley MP | Labour and Co-op | Midlothian | |
Tommy Sheppard MP | Scottish National Party | Edinburgh East | |
Ross Thomson MP | Conservative | Aberdeen South |
Changes 2017-2019
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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22 October 2018 | Paul Masterton MP (Conservative) | East Renfrewshire | → | Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative) | Angus | Hansard | ||
1 April 2019 | Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative) | Angus | → | Paul Masterton MP (Conservative) | East Renfrewshire | Hansard | ||
21 October 2019 | Christine Jardine MP (Liberal Democrats) | Edinburgh West | → | Jamie Stone MP (Liberal Democrats) | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Hansard |
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.[8][9]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Pete Wishart MP (chair) | Scottish National Party | Perth and North Perthshire | |
David Anderson MP | Labour | Blaydon | |
Kirsty Blackman MP | Scottish National Party | Aberdeen North | |
Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | |
Jim Cunningham MP | Labour | Coventry South | |
Margaret Ferrier MP | Scottish National Party | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | |
Stephen Hepburn MP | Labour | Jarrow | |
Chris Law MP | Scottish National Party | Dundee West | |
Dr Dan Poulter MP | Conservative | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | |
John Stevenson MP | Conservative | Carlisle | |
Maggie Throup MP | Conservative | Erewash |
Changes 2015-2017
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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5 September 2016 | David Anderson MP (Labour) | Blaydon | → | Ian Murray MP (Labour) | Edinburgh South | Hansard | ||
Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | Deidre Brock MP (SNP) | Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||
28 November 2016 | Maggie Throup MP (Conservative) | Erewash | → | Anna Soubry MP (Conservative) | Broxtowe | Hansard | ||
23 January 2017 | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | → | Craig Williams MP (Conservative) | Cardiff North | Hansard |
2010-2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[10][11]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Ian Davidson MP (chair) | Labour and Co-op | Glasgow Govan | |
Fiona Bruce MP | Conservative | Congleton | |
Cathy Jamieson MP | Labour | Dundee West | |
Jim McGovern MP | Labour | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
Mark Menzies MP | Conservative | Fylde | |
David Mowat MP | Conservative | Warrington South | |
Fiona O'Donnell MP | Labour | East Lothian | |
Alan Reid MP | Liberal Democrats | Argyll and Bute | |
Lindsay Roy MP | Labour | Glenrothes | |
Julian Smith MP | Conservative | Skipton and Ripon | |
Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP | Scottish National Party | Banff and Buchan |
Changes 2010-2015
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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29 November 2010 | Mark Menzies MP (Conservative) | Fylde | → | Mike Freer MP (Conservative) | Finchley and Golders Green | Hansard | ||
Julian Smith MP (Conservative) | Skipton and Ripon | Simon Reevell MP (Conservative) | Dewsbury | |||||
25 October 2011 | Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour) | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | → | Iain McKenzie MP (Labour) | Inverclyde | Hansard | ||
Fiona O'Donnell MP (Labour) | East Lothian | Graeme Morrice MP (Labour) | Livingston | |||||
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 | ||
Iain McKenzie MP (Labour) | Inverclyde | Graeme Morrice MP (Labour) | Livingston | |||||
4 February 2013 | Mike Freer MP (Conservative) | Finchley and Golders Green | → | Sir James Paice MP (Conservative) | South East Cambridgeshire | Hansard | ||
6 January 2014 | Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative) | Epping Forest | → | Vacant | Hansard | |||
14 July 2014 | Vacant | → | Mark Menzies MP (Conservative) | Fylde | Hansard | |||
23 February 2015 | Lindsay Roy MP (Labour) | Glenrothes | → | Iain McKenzie MP (Labour) | Inverclyde | Hansard |
List of chairs
Member | First elected | Method | |
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Vacant[12] | June 1987 | ||
William McKelvey[12] | 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[13] | 10 June 2010 | Elected by the House of Commons (uncontested) | |
Pete Wishart[14] | 10 June 2015 | Elected by the House of Commons (uncontested) |
See also
References
- ^ UK Parliament – Scottish Affairs Select Committee Home Page
- ^ a b A COMMITTEE AGAIN: THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REVIVED SELECT COMMITTEE ON SCOTTISH AFFAIRS, Allan McConnell and Robert Pyper, Scottish Affairs, no.7, Spring 1994
- ^ kelly, Richard (3 July 2024). "What happens in the Commons after the general election?". UK parliament.
- ^ "Scottish Affairs Committee – Membership". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Business without Debate Volume 744: debated on Monday 22 January 2024". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
That Andrew Western be discharged from the Scottish Affairs Committee and Michael Shanks be added.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
- ^ a b "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.
External links
- Records of the Scottish Affairs Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives
- Scottish Affairs Committee