Sir William Robert McKay,KCB (born 18 April 1939[1]) is a British administrator. He wasClerk of the House of Commons between 1998 and 2002, and was appointed in 2012 to chair theCommission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, which reported the following year.
After graduating from theUniversity of Edinburgh, he entered the Clerks Department of theHouse 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 atAberdeen University,[2] and served on various bodies dealing with legal and constitutional matters, including the Legal Questions Committee of theGeneral Assembly of theChurch of Scotland, and as an observer on theLaw Society of Scotland’s ruling council.[3] In 2012 he was appointed to chair theCommission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, which reported on 25 March 2013.[4]
He is married to aChurch of Scotland Minister and has two daughters and four grandchildren.
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