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Scottish Affairs Committee

Commons Select Committee

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. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @CommonsScotAffs.

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Upcoming events

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Wednesday 4 June 2025
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence 4 June 2025
9:30am
  • Neil Gray MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care at Scottish Government)
10:30am
  • Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP (Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire, at Home Office)
TBC

Past events

Wednesday 21 May 2025
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Industrial transition in Scotland - Oral evidence 21 May 2025
9:30am
  • Pauline Grandison (Head of Operations Scotland at Coalfields Regeneration Trust)
  • Councillor Debbi McCall (Councillor at Provost of Midlothian)
  • Councillor Altany Craik (Chair at The Industrial Communities Alliance (Scotland))
10:30am
  • Councillor Norman Hampshire (Councillor at East Lothian Council)
  • Councillor Stephen McCabe (Councillor at Inverclyde Council)
  • Corey Beaton (Business Development and Membership Executive at Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 14 May 2025
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
GB Energy and the net zero transition - Oral evidence 14 May 2025
9:30am
  • Kenneth MacInnes (Principal at Forth Valley College)
  • Neil Cowie (Principal at North East Scotland College)
  • Jim Brown (Director at Energy Skills Partnership)
10:30am
  • Doug Duguid (Chief Executive at Aurora Energy Services)
  • Gavin Templeton (Chief Executive at Veri Energy)
  • Lynsey Benson (Head of Policy and External Affairs at Engineering Construction Industry Training Board)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 May 2025
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence 7 May 2025
9:30am
  • Dorothy Bain KC, The Lord Advocate
  • Jenny Hamilton (Policy and Engagement at Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)
10:45am
  • Superintendent Joanne McEwan, Police Scotland
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 23 April 2025
9:15am Private
9:30am Public
Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Oral evidence 23 April 2025
9:30am
  • Professor Malcolm Macdonald (Director of the Centre for Signal and Image Processing at University of Strathclyde)
  • Professor Patrick Harkness (Professor of Exploration Technology at University of Glasgow)
  • Dr Christie Maddock (Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Strathclyde)
  • Dr Pamela Smith (Vice President of Future Programmes at AAC Clyde Space)
10:10am
  • Colin Macleod (Head of the UK Space Regulator at UK Civil Aviation Authority)
  • Rosie Whitbread (Head of Space Regulation Policy at UK Civil Aviation Authority)
10:50am
  • Sir Chris Bryant MP (Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
  • Chris White-Horne (Interim Space Director at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Deputy CEO at UK Space Agency)
  • Matthew Archer (Missions and Capabilities Director for Launch at UK Space Agency)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

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