Scottish Affairs Committee
Commons select committee, since 3 May 1979. Its page on the Parliament website.
The Scottish Affairs Committee scrutinises the expenditure, administration and policies of the Scotland Office, and its associated bodies. The Committee also examines the wider UK Government, to assess policies and legislation that lead to direct impacts on Scotland.
Inquiries
- The financial regulation of political parties in Scotland (9 September 2026)
- The dual role of the Lord Advocate (9 September 2026)
- Scotland’s whisky industry: Tariffs, trade and growth (16 July 2026)
- The future of Gaelic Broadcasting (22 June 2026)
- Mossmorran closure (2 December 2025)
- Scotland’s wood panelling industry (26 November 2025)
- Connectivity in Scotland: Digital connectivity (14 November 2025)
- The future of Scotland’s high streets (11 November 2025)
- Connectivity in Scotland: Fixed links (31 October 2025)
- Securing Scotland’s Future: Defence Skills and Jobs (27 October 2025)
- Proposed STV cuts (20 October 2025)
- Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 (3 September 2025)
- Support for veterans in Scotland (25 June 2025)
- Universal postal service: Impact on remote, rural and island communities (20 May 2025)
- Industrial transition in Scotland (13 February 2025 to 23 March 2026)
- Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch (21 January 2025 to 1 December 2025)
- Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility (13 January 2025 to 1 December 2025)
- GB Energy and the net zero transition (28 November 2024 to 17 September 2026)
- The financing of the Scottish Government (21 November 2024 to 20 October 2025)
- Salmon farming: growth and sustainability (21 November 2024)
- The work of the BBC in Scotland (18 November 2024)
- Secretary of State for Scotland 20 November 2024 (14 November 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- The work of the department (12 November 2024)
- Infected blood: Scotland (7 May 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- City Region and Growth Deals (14 March 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- Intergovernmental Relations: The Civil Service (29 February 2024 to 24 May 2024)
- Scottish Youth Parliament (17 January 2024 to 25 April 2024)
- Secretary of State for Scotland 11 December 2023 (9 November 2023 to 25 April 2024)
- Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 (18 July 2023 to 24 May 2024)
- Scotland's space sector (22 June 2023 to 24 May 2024)
- Science and Scotland (15 June 2023 to 24 May 2024)
- Coronavirus and Scotland follow-up (17 May 2023 to 15 April 2024)
- Secretary of State for Scotland 22 May 2023 (17 May 2023 to 25 April 2024)
- Green freeports in Scotland (8 March 2023 to 25 April 2024)
- Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland (16 December 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Storms in Scotland follow-up (7 December 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Fishing grounds in Scotland (30 November 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Secretary of State for Scotland 28 November 2022 (23 November 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland (23 September 2022 to 17 October 2023)
- Promoting Scotland Internationally (21 July 2022 to 17 January 2024)
- The Fiscal Outlook for Scotland (22 June 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Secretary of State for Scotland 20 June 2022 (15 June 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Union Connectivity Review (19 January 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Storm Arwen (12 January 2022 to 25 April 2024)
- Access to cash in Scotland (12 January 2022 to 3 May 2023)
- Hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland (6 January 2022 to 23 November 2023)
- Secretary of State for Scotland 6 December 2021 (1 December 2021 to 25 April 2024)
- Labour shortages (10 November 2021 to 25 April 2024)
- City Region and Growth Deals (1 September 2021 to 13 March 2024)
- Defence in Scotland (30 July 2021 to 17 January 2024)
- Airports in Scotland (27 July 2021 to 15 September 2022)
- Public broadcasting in Scotland (14 July 2021 to 25 April 2024)
- Committee on COP26: Preparing for a successful conference (16 June 2021 to 18 November 2021)
- Secretary of State for Scotland (5 May 2021 to 25 April 2024)
- The Dunlop Review and the UK Government’s union capability (28 April 2021 to 1 June 2021)
- Hospitality and Scotland (7 April 2021 to 18 November 2021)
- Renewable energy in Scotland (19 March 2021 to 8 February 2022)
- COP26: delivering a successful COP26 in Glasgow (17 March 2021 to 25 April 2024)
- Fisheries and Scotland (27 January 2021 to 18 November 2021)
- Scotland and the Shared Prosperity Fund (15 December 2020 to 18 November 2021)
Organisations it has heard from most
- Scottish Government (15)
- Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (10)
- Scotland Office (8)
- University of Glasgow (6)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (5)
- Glasgow City Council (5)
- Cabinet Office (4)
- Department for Business and Trade (4)
- University of Edinburgh (4)
- University of St Andrews (4)
- University of Strathclyde (4)
- ADS Group (3)
- Fraser of Allander Institute (3)
- Ministry of Defence (3)
- Royal Society of Edinburgh (3)