asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many committees connected with the Scottish Office are now in being; will he state the name of each committee and its chairman; whether the committee is classified as departmental, advisory, or otherwise; whether it is a statutory committee or not; when it was appointed; when it last reported and when its final report is expected; and whether it consists of or includes representatives of interests concerned?
There are 40 Committees connected with the Departments under my jurisdiction of which 35 are Standing Committees and five Committees of Inquiry.
| Particulars of the Standing Committees are as follows. | |||
Committee. | Chairman. | First appointed. | |
Scottish Office. | |||
| 1. | *Scottish Records Advisory Council | Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland ex officio. | 1938 |
| 2. | *Gretna State Management District Local Advisory Committee. | Mr. W. Fergus Graham, J.P. | 1921 |
| 3. | *Cromarty Firth State Management District Local Advisory Committee. | Ex-Provost D. A. M. Ross | 1921 |
| 4. | Wild Birds Protection Advisory Committee. | Mr. H. S. Gladstone, F.Z.S., F.R.S. | 1920 |
| 5. | Scottish Central Council of Juvenile Organisations. | Rt. Hon. Lord Polwarth, C.B.E., LL.D. | 1919 |
| 6. | Scottish Central After-Care Council | 1931 | |
| 7. | Scottish Central Probation Council | 1932 | |
| 8. | Advisory Committee Scottish National Portrait Gallery. | Hon. Sir Hew H. Dalrymple, K.C.V.O., H.R.S.A. | 1938 |
Scottish Education Department. | |||
| 9. | *Advisory Council | Dr. J. B. Clark | 1920 |
Department of Health. | |||
| 10. | *Consultative Council No. I (Local Health Administration and General Health Questions). | Sir Henry Alexander, LL.D. | 1920 |
| 11. | *Consultative Council No. II (Medical and Allied Services). | Vacant | 1920 |
| 12. | *Consultative Council No. III (National Health Insurance (Approved Societies' Work)). | James Webster, Esq., J.P. | 1920 |
| 13. | *Consultative Council No. IV (Health of the People in the Highlands and Islands). | Vacant | 1920 |
| 14. | *Advisory Distribution Committee (To advise on the distribution of certain medical benefit funds). | Sir Wm. Marshall | 1920 |
| 15. | *Therapeutic Substances Act Advisory Committee. | Dr. T. Carnwath | 1926 |
| 16. | *Scottish Housing Advisory Committee | Sir Henry Alexander, LL.D. | 1935 |
| 17. | Scottish Advisory Committee on Welfare of the Blind. | J. M. Rusk, Esq., O.B.E. | 1918 |
| 18. | Scottish Advisory Committee on Rivers Pollution Prevention. | Sir William Whyte, O.B.E. | 1928 |
| 19. | Scientific Advisory Committee | Vacant | 1929 |
| 20. | Drugs Advisory Committee (To advise on drugs in relation to medical benefit). | Professor A. J. Clark, F.R.S. | 1933 |
| 21. | Scottish Architectural Advisory Committee. | John R. Richmond, Esq. | 1934 |
| 22. | Inland Water Survey Committee (Inter-Departmental). | Col. Sir Henry Lyons, F.R.S. | 1935 |
| 23. | Advisory Committee on Nutrition (Inter-Departmental). | Lord Luke, K.B.E. | 1935 |
| 24. | Advisory Committee on Post-Graduate Courses for Insurance Practitioners. | Dr. J. M. Johnston | 1937 |
Department of Agriculture. | |||
| 25. | *Consumers' Committee for Scotland | Sir John Lorne Macleod, G.B.E., J.P. | 1933 |
| 26. | *Committee of Investigation for Scotland (Agricultural Markering). | Mr. A. O. M. Mackenzie, K.C. | 1933 |
| 27. | *Agricultural Marketing Facilities Committee for Scotland. | Sir John Milne Home | 1933 |
| 28. | Standing Committee of Management Plant Registration Station. | G. G. Mercer | 1921 |
| 29. | The Selection Committee for the award of scholarships to the Sons and Daughters of Agricultural Workers and Others. | Departmental | 1922 |
| 30. | Egg Laying Test Advisory Committee | Departmental | 1923 |
| 31. | Horticultural Advisory Committee | R. L. Scarlett, C.D.A. | 1927 |
| 32. | Committee appointed to revise annually the tables of residual values of feeding stuffs and fertilisers. | Professor J. Hendrick | 1928 |
Committee. | Chairman. | First appointed. | |||
Department of Agriculture—contd. | |||||
| 33. | Advisory Committee on Pork and Bacon Production in Scotland. | Mr. J.E.B. Cowper | … | … | 1929 |
| 34. | Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Advisory Committee. | Departmental | … | … | 1931 |
| 35. | Scottish Agricultural Advisory Council | Departmental | … | … | 1934 |
The above Committees marked with an asterisk are statutory and the remainder are non-statutory. All are classified as Departmental or (in certain cases) Inter-Departmental Committees: they act primarily or solely in an advisory capacity and report—formally or informally—from time to time as circumstances may require. In all appropriate cases the Committees consist of or include representatives of the interests concerned.
| The Committees of Inquiry now in being are as follow. | |||
Committee. | Chairman. | First appointed. | Report. |
| Rehabilitation of Persons injured in Accidents. | Sir M. Delevigne, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. | 1936 | Interim Report May, 1937, Final Report expected in 1939. |
| Local Government and Public Health Consolidation (Scotland) Committee. | Sir John Jeffrey, K.C.B., K.B.E. | 1937 | First report expected in 1939. |
| Committee on Rag Flock Acts | The Rt. Hon. Lord Merthyr, D.L., J.P. | 1938 | Report expected in 1939. |
| Scottish Building Costs Committee. | James Barr, Esq., F.S.I. | 1938 | Report expected early in 1939. |
| Lunacy and Mental Deficiency (Scotland) Committee. | Hon. Lord Russell | 1938 | Report expected in 1940. |
The above are Departmental or Inter-Departmental Committees (non-statutory) and are representative of the interests concerned.
The foregoing lists do not include the State Management Districts Council, a non-statutory Council constituted in 1921 to advise the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland in matters affecting schemes of State Management of the liquor trade; the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries (non-statutory) constituted in 1930, which includes a representative of the Scottish Institutions; and the National Advisory Council and Committees constituted under the Physical Training and Recreation Act, 1937.