Parliamentary Groups

  • Member of Speaker’s Panel of Chairman 1997-2001, 2001-2005; 2005-
  • Member of the UK Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2005 -
  • (on NATO Committees : Economics & Security and Science & Technology)
  • Member of the UK Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe (COE) 2007 -
  • Member of the Western European Union (WEU) 2007 -

SELECT COMMITTEES

  • European Legislation 1987-98 – Chairman 1992-98
  • Chairman of European Scrutiny Committee 1998-2001, 2001-2006.
  • Liaison (Committee of all Select Committee Chairman) 1992-1997, 1997-2001, 2001-2006.
  • Defence 1997-2001

BACKBENCH COMMITTEES

  • Convenor, Scottish Labour MPs Home Affairs 1987-97
  • Member, Labour Party Departmental Committees for:
  • Defence 1997-
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1997-
  • Home Affairs 1997-

ALL-PARTY GROUPS

  • Secretary of CPA Overseas Territories Group
  • Vice-Chairman, Child Abduction Group
  • Treasurer, Nuclear Energy Group
  • Founder Chairman of ME Group

PARTY GROUPS

  • Convenor, Scottish Parliamentary Group of Labour MPs 1996-97.
  • Scottish Labour Party Executive 1996-97
  • Chairman Miners Parliamentary Group 1992-94
  • Trades Union Group, AMICUS/UNITE.