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{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{politics of Scotland}}
{{Primary sources|date=July 2023}}
The '''Scottish Affairs Select Committee''' is a [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|select committee]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|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]].<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/ UK Parliament – Scottish Affairs Select Committee Home Page]</ref>

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.<ref name="Again">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237125122_A_Committee_Again_The_First_Year_of_the_Revived_Select_Committee_on_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</ref> 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 of Commons|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.<ref name="Again" />

==Membership==
Membership of the committee is as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/136/scottish-affairs-committee/news/203474/scottish-affairs-committee-membership-appointed/ |title=Scottish Affairs Committee membership appointed |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk/ |publisher=Scottish Affairs Committee |access-date=4 November 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Patricia Ferguson]] MP (chair)
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Glasgow West (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow West]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Maureen Burke]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow North East]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harriet Cross]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Gordon and Buchan]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Dave Doogan]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Angus and Perthshire Glens (UK Parliament constituency)|Angus and Perthshire Glens]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lillian Jones]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock and Loudoun]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat politician)|Angus Macdonald]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Douglas McAllister]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Susan Murray]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Dunbartonshire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jack Rankin]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Elaine Stewart (politician)|Elaine Stewart]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Kirsteen Sullivan]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bathgate and Linlithgow]]
|-
|}

===Changes since 2024===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| nowrap | 16 June 2025
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Stephen Flynn]] MP ([[Scottish National Party]])
| [[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Dave Doogan]] MP ([[Scottish National Party]])
| [[Angus and Perthshire Glens (UK Parliament constituency)|Angus and Perthshire Glens]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-06-16/debates/33C4C7F3-9739-4BF2-9FBF-263D4E1E0E7B/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
|}

== 2019–2024 Parliament ==
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}</ref> Members of the committee were announced on 2 March 2020, but [[Patrick Grady]] ([[Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow North]]) objected to the appointment, claiming that not enough Scottish MPs had been selected.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Scottish Affairs Committee |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-02/debates/40E65C7E-513D-4BF5-A9C1-2455AC8CAA29/ScottishAffairsCommittee |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Scottish Affairs Committee: Adjourned Debate on Question (2 March) |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-05-04/debates/AC6D4AB7-19EA-46E0-8345-8A813255F29F/ScottishAffairsCommitteeAdjournedDebateOnQuestion(2March) |house=House of Commons |date=4 May 2020 |volume= 675 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Pete Wishart]] MP (chair)
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth & North Perthshire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Mhairi Black]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)|Paisley and Renfrewshire South]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Andrew Bowie (politician)|Andrew Bowie]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)|West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Deidre Brock]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Wendy Chamberlain]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alberto Costa (British politician)|Alberto Costa]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Leicestershire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jon Cruddas]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)|Dagenham and Rainham]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Duguid (politician)|David Duguid]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sally-Ann Hart]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Hastings and Rye]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Lamont]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Liz Twist]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaydon]]
|}

===Changes 2019–2024===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| 15 June 2020
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Duguid (politician)|David Duguid]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Douglas Ross (Scottish politician)|Douglas Ross]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-06-15/debates/B6746D80-0C5C-49F9-A2D4-6957712211E5/ScottishAFFAIRSCommittee Hansard]
|-
| 8 November 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Andrew Bowie (politician)|Andrew Bowie]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)|West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Duguid (politician)|David Duguid]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-11-08/debates/A3104B55-D1E4-41D5-AE6A-7AC4FAED158E/Committees Hansard]
|-
| 9 January 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Mhairi Black]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)|Paisley and Renfrewshire South]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| Dr [[Philippa Whitford]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Ayrshire]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-01-09/debates/4E8D4955-871A-4EAE-B4A5-9BD70BC9B57A/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 21 February 2023{{efn|Unusually, this motion was voted on by MPs. [[David Linden (politician)|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.}}
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jon Cruddas]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)|Dagenham and Rainham]]
| rowspan=2 |→
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Christine Jardine]] MP ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]])
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
| rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-02-21/debates/7F19E91B-36D1-410F-812F-0A11C62C265D/ScottishAffairsCommittee Hansard]
|-
| [[Liz Twist]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaydon]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Andrew Western]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford and Urmston]]
|-
| 22 May 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Lamont]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Menzies]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]){{efn|Whip suspended from 17 April 2024 to dissolution.}}
| [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-05-22/debates/A7215F6C-EB61-483B-BCFB-427FF03DC84F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| rowspan=2| 18 September 2023
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Deidre Brock]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
| rowspan=2|→
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Alan Brown (Scottish politician)|Alan Brown]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock and Loudoun]]
| rowspan=2|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-09-18/debates/439BEA31-0458-4C2C-8D17-428E541A5055/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| Dr [[Philippa Whitford]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Ayrshire]]
| [[Anum Qaisar]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)|Airdrie and Shotts]]
|-
| 22 January 2024
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Andrew Western]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford and Urmston]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Michael Shanks (politician)|Michael Shanks]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen and Hamilton West]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-01-22/debates/E9BC8CAE-6A0A-432A-A1C7-05919EA2BB53/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|}
{{notelist}}

==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.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Pete Wishart]] MP (chair)
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and North Perthshire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Deidre Brock]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Duguid (politician)|David Duguid]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Hugh Gaffney]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)|Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Christine Jardine]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ged Killen]] MP
| [[Labour and Co-operative|Labour and Co-op]]
| [[Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen and Hamilton West]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Lamont]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Paul Masterton]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Renfrewshire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Danielle Rowley]] MP
| [[Labour and Co-operative|Labour and Co-op]]
| [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Tommy Sheppard (politician)|Tommy Sheppard]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ross Thomson]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]]
|}

===Changes 2017–2019===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| 22 October 2018
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Paul Masterton]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Renfrewshire]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Kirstene Hair]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|Angus]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-10-22/debates/E3973E57-8100-4F40-93EB-640526B1000F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| 1 April 2019
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Kirstene Hair]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|Angus]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Paul Masterton]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Renfrewshire]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-04-01/debates/8C3494CD-EB6F-476B-99A7-B548FEF628D7/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| 21 October 2019
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Christine Jardine]] MP ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]])
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Jamie Stone (politician)|Jamie Stone]] MP ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]])
| [[Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)|Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-04-01/debates/8C3494CD-EB6F-476B-99A7-B548FEF628D7/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|}

==2015–2017 Parliament==
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-06/debates/1507071000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=6 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Pete Wishart]] MP (chair)
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and North Perthshire]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Anderson (British politician)|David Anderson]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaydon]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Kirsty Blackman]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Christopher Chope]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Christchurch]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jim Cunningham (politician)|Jim Cunningham]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Margaret Ferrier]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen and Hamilton West]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Stephen Hepburn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency)|Jarrow]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Chris Law]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Dr [[Dan Poulter]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Stevenson (British politician)|John Stevenson]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Maggie Throup]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]]
|}

===Changes 2015–2017===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| rowspan=2 | 5 September 2016
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Anderson (British politician)|David Anderson]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaydon]]
| rowspan=2 | →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ian Murray (Scottish politician)|Ian Murray]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]
| rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-09-05/debates/CAC9362F-A177-42E2-88E5-BC40075026B5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Kirsty Blackman]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Deidre Brock]] MP ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
| [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
|-
| 28 November 2016
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Maggie Throup]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Anna Soubry]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)|Broxtowe]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-28/debates/F619A586-4FC6-4207-90B5-A95F94A2FCD1/Committees Hansard]
|-
| 23 January 2017
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Dr [[Dan Poulter]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Craig Williams (British politician)|Craig Williams]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-23/debates/CAA52FBE-B5CA-4985-98A5-10710A4E04D2/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|}

==2010–2015 Parliament==
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-10/debates/10061031000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2010 |volume= 511 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-07-12/debates/1007131000004/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2010 |volume= 513 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ian Davidson (British politician)|Ian Davidson]] MP (chair)
| [[Labour and Co-operative|Labour and Co-op]]
| [[Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Govan]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Cathy Jamieson]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock and Loudoun]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jim McGovern (British politician)|Jim McGovern]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Menzies]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Mowat]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Fiona O'Donnell]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Alan Reid (politician)|Alan Reid]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
| [[Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll and Bute]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lindsay Roy]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)|Glenrothes]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Julian Smith (politician)|Julian Smith]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| Dr [[Eilidh Whiteford]] MP
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)|Banff and Buchan]]
|}

===Changes 2010–2015===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! →
! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br>& Party
! valign="top" | Constituency
! valign="top" | Source
|-
| rowspan=2 nowrap | 29 November 2010
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Menzies]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]]
| rowspan=2 | →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Freer]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley and Golders Green]]
| rowspan=2 | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101129/debtext/101129-0004.htm#1011302000004 Hansard]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Julian Smith (politician)|Julian Smith]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Simon Reevell]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 25 October 2011
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Cathy Jamieson]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilmarnock and Loudoun]]
| rowspan=2 | →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Iain McKenzie]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverclyde]]
| rowspan=2 | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111025/debtext/111025-0004.htm#1110261000005 Hansard]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Fiona O'Donnell]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Graeme Morrice]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)|Livingston]]
|-
| 23 January 2012
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Graeme Morrice]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)|Livingston]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Pamela Nash]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)|Airdrie and Shotts]]
| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201212/cmhansrd/cm120123/debtext/120123-0004.htm#1201242000006 Hansard]
|-
| 5 November 2012
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Mowat]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Michael Crockart]] MP ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]])
| [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121105/debtext/121105-0004.htm#12110555000004 Hansard]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 28 January 2013
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]]
| rowspan=2 | →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Eleanor Laing]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Epping Forest]]
| rowspan=2 | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130128/debtext/130128-0003.htm#13012839000004 Hansard]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Iain McKenzie]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverclyde]]
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Graeme Morrice]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)|Livingston]]
|-
| 4 February 2013
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Freer]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley and Golders Green]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Sir [[James Paice]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[South East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Cambridgeshire]]
| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130204/debtext/130204-0003.htm#13020434000007 Hansard]
|-
| 6 January 2014
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Eleanor Laing]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Epping Forest]]
| →
| colspan=3 | ''Vacant''
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-01-06/debates/14010625000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| 14 July 2014
| colspan=3 | ''Vacant''
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Menzies]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)|Fylde]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-07-14/debates/14071447000005/ScottishAffairs Hansard]
|-
| 23 February 2015
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lindsay Roy]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)|Glenrothes]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Iain McKenzie]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverclyde]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-02-23/debates/1502244000003/SCOTTISHAFFAIRS Hansard]
|}

==List of chairs==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member
! First elected
! Method
|-
| |
| ''Vacant''<ref name="liasoncommitteereport">{{cite web |title=House of Commons – Liaison Committee – First Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199697/cmselect/cmliaisn/323i/lc0129.htm |website=UK Parliament |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
| June 1987
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[William McKelvey]]<ref name="liasoncommitteereport" />
| 15 July 1992
| Elected by the Select Committee
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Irene Adams]]
| 14 July 1997
| Elected by the Select Committee
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar]]
| 13 July 2005
| Elected by the Select Committee
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |
| [[Ian Davidson (British politician)|Ian Davidson]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/ |website=UK Parliament |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
| 10 June 2010
| Elected by the House of Commons (uncontested)
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Pete Wishart]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of elections for select committee chairs announced |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2010/06/results-of-elections-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/ |website=UK Parliament |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
| 10 June 2015
| Elected by the House of Commons (uncontested)
|}

==See also==
*[[Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_CX Records of the Scottish Affairs Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/ Scottish Affairs Committee]
{{Scottish devolution}}{{UKParliamentCommittees}}
[[Category:Politics of Scotland]]
[[Category:Select Committees of the British House of Commons]]