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The Scottish Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the
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in the
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. 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
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), and relations with the
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. It also looks at the administration and expenditure of the Advocate General for Scotland. Unlike the
Scottish Grand Committee The Scottish Grand Committee is a committee of the House of Commons. It is not a select committee (see Scottish Affairs Select Committee), but rather a grand committee composed of all 59 Scottish MPs (72 MPs prior to 2005). It has its origins ...
, MPs from constituencies outside
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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 November 2022 the membership is as follows:


Changes since 2019


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.


Changes 2017-2019


2015-2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.


Changes 2015-2017


2010-2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.


Changes 2010-2015


List of chairs


See also

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Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, ap ...


References


External links


Records of the Scottish Affairs Committee are held at the Parliamentary ArchivesScottish Affairs Committee
Politics of Scotland Select Committees of the British House of Commons {{Scotland-poli-stub