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.UK Parliament – Scottish Affairs Select Committee Home Page

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.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 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.

Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/136/scottish-affairs-committee/membership/former/

NameStartEndPartyConstituencyLabourGlasgow GarscaddenLabourAberdeen NorthLabourCentral Ayrshire (1982–1983)Cunninghame South (1983–1992)LabourKilmarnock and LoudounLabourGlasgow ShettlestonLabourPaisley NorthLabourGlasgow CentralLabour Co-opGlasgow South WestScottish National PartyPerth and North PerthshirepresentLabourGlasgow West

Membership Membership of the committee is as follows:

Member Party Constituency Patricia Ferguson MP (chair) Labour Glasgow West Maureen Burke MP Labour Glasgow North East Harriet Cross MP Conservative Gordon and Buchan Dave Doogan MP Scottish National Party Angus and Perthshire Glens Lillian Jones MP Labour Kilmarnock and Loudoun Douglas Lumsden MP Conservative Aberdeen South Angus MacDonald MP Liberal Democrats Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire Douglas McAllister MP Labour West Dunbartonshire Susan Murray MP Liberal Democrats Mid Dunbartonshire Elaine Stewart MP Labour Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Kirsteen Sullivan MP Labour Bathgate and Linlithgow

Changes since 2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 16 June 2025 Stephen Flynn MP (Scottish National Party) Aberdeen South → Dave Doogan MP (Scottish National Party) Angus and Perthshire Glens Hansard 6 July 2026 Jack Rankin MP (Conservative) Windsor → Douglas Lumsden MP (Conservative) Aberdeen South Hansard

2019–2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 27 January 2020. Members of the committee were announced on 2 March 2020, but Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) objected to the appointment, claiming that not enough Scottish MPs had been selected. The debate was adjourned, and the committee was eventually constituted on 4 May 2020, when the list of proposed members was put before the house without objection.

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

Changes 2019–2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 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 Jon Cruddas MP (Labour) Dagenham and Rainham→ Christine Jardine MP (Liberal Democrats) Edinburgh WestHansard 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 LoudounHansard 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

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. Member Party Constituency 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 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.

Member Party Constituency 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 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.

Member Party Constituency Ian Davidson MP (chair) Labour and Co-op Glasgow Govan Fiona Bruce MP Conservative Congleton Cathy Jamieson MP Labour Kilmarnock and Loudoun Jim McGovern MP Labour Dundee West 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 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

See also Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

References

External links Records of the Scottish Affairs Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives Scottish Affairs Committee