Sentences with phrase «scottish affairs committee»

As an MP he was a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee, the Unopposed Bills (panel) Committee, the Scottish Affairs Committee and the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.

This prompted a Westminster Hall debate in parliament followed by a Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry.

Scottish affairs committee chair Ian Davidson gave the slur as SNP MPs heckled him during a debate late last night on the Scotland bill.

Ian Davidson, the Labour MP for Glasgow South West and chair of the Commons» Scottish affairs committee, has been speaking out as Scottish politicians begin to look beyond next month's referendum.

The Commons» Scottish affairs committee said evidence from Unite suggested claims of blacklisting of employees worried by issues like health and safety and their employment rights required rapid investigation.

In the Commons, Westminster leader Angus Robertson asked whether Mr Davidson's ongoing chairmanship of the Scottish affairs committee was a «benefit for the union».

«We are grateful to the Scottish affairs committee for contacting us and urge anyone else who has information about blacklisting to get in touch with the relevant authorities.»

You don't have to delve very deeply into the Scottish affairs committee's latest report on devolution to get a sense of their position.

So the Commons» Scottish affairs committee has examined the idea carefully and concluded that it is a non-starter.

Not exact matches

However, the public administration committee and the Electoral Commission have delayed their investigations on the advice of the police, and last night the Scottish National party (SNP) said the constitutional affairs committee should have followed suit.

She first elected as MP for East Lothian in 2010 and was as a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.

He was current member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee and was previously the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Margaret Curran.

She was is a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, the Procedure Committee and the European Scrutiny Committee.

The motion, tabled by the Scottish National party's foreign affairs spokesman, Alex Salmond, was backed by MPs from six other parties, and called for parliamentary committees to investigate and take appropriate action against the former prime minister.

Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee since 2010.