Sir William Robert McKay, KCB (born 18 April 1939[1]) is a British administrator. He was Clerk of the House of Commons between 1998 and 2002, and was appointed in 2012 to chair the Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, which reported the following year.
Biography
editAfter graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he entered the Clerks Department of the House of Commons in 1961, rising to become Clerk of the House in 1998.[2] Following his retirement in 2002, he took up a position as professor in the School of Law at Aberdeen University,[2] and served on various bodies dealing with legal and constitutional matters, including the Legal Questions Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and as an observer on the Law Society of Scotland’s ruling council.[3] In 2012 he was appointed to chair the Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, which reported on 25 March 2013.[4]
He is married to a Church of Scotland Minister and has two daughters and four grandchildren.
References
edit- ^ Burke's Peerage. Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ^ a b Hansard, HC Deb 11 December 2002 vol 396 cc289-98. Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ^ The McKay Commission: Commissioners. Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ^ BBC News, England-only laws 'need majority from English MPs' , 25 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013