Conveners Group
Each committee in the Parliament has a convener. The Conveners Group is made up of all the conveners. It is chaired by the Presiding Officer or a Deputy Presiding Officer.
The Conveners Group meets regularly to:
- discuss issues affecting committees
- communicate between the committees and other parts of the Parliament, like the Parliamentary Bureau and SPCB
- look at how committees are working
- make recommendations to the Parliamentary Bureau about committee business in the Chamber
- approve committee meetings taking place outside of Edinburgh
- approve committee travel outside the UK
The rules about how the Conveners Group works are in Chapter 6A of the Standing Orders.
Strategic objectives
This session, the group has agreed to focus on four areas where it feels it can bring improvements to the scrutiny role of the Scottish Parliament:
- help committees find ways to work together on issues of shared interest, including on scrutiny of issues relating to the UK having left the EU; and holding the Scottish Government to account for how it delivers on Net Zero targets
- find improvements in how the views of everyone in Scotland can support better scrutiny by parliamentary committees
- find ways to review laws that have been passed by the Scottish Parliament and whether they are working as intended
- help Members access training and support so they can best fulfil their roles as Parliamentarians
More information about the Conveners Group's strategic priorities (325KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021
Next meeting
The next meeting of the Conveners Group is on 24 April 2024.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Irene Fleming, the Clerk for the group.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 358 5256
Email: [email protected]
X (previously known as Twitter): @scotparl
Members
Members of the Conveners Group
Current Members
Karen Adam
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)
Liam McArthur
Convener
Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for: Orkney Islands (Constituency)
Clare Adamson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Motherwell and Wishaw (Constituency)
Claire Baker
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Ariane Burgess
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Jackson Carlaw
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Eastwood (Constituency)
Finlay Carson
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries (Constituency)
Kenneth Gibson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)
Clare Haughey
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Rutherglen (Constituency)
Richard Leonard
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Stuart McMillan
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Greenock and Inverclyde (Constituency)
Edward Mountain
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Audrey Nicoll
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Constituency)
Collette Stevenson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: East Kilbride (Constituency)
Sue Webber
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Martin Whitfield
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Meeting papers and reports
Meeting Papers and Official Reports
Meeting 27 March
Conveners Group agenda for meeting with the First Minister (95KB, pdf) posted 19 April 2024
Official Report of meeting with the First Minister (264KB, pdf) posted 18 April 2024
Minutes of meeting to follow
Meeting 20 March
Conveners Group agenda and papers (496KB, pdf) posted 18 March 2024
Minutes of meeting to follow
Meeting 31 January 2024
Conveners Group agenda and papers (260KB, pdf) posted 29 January 2024
Minutes of meeting to follow
Meeting 22 November 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (179KB, pdf) posted 23 November 2023
Minutes of meeting to follow
Meeting 25 October 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (567KB, pdf) posted 20 October 2023
Conveners Group minutes (135KB, pdf) posted 23 November 2023
Meeting 27 September 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (90KB, pdf) posted 25 September 2023
Meeting with the First Minister: Official Report (207KB, pdf) posted 09 October 2023
Meeting 20 September 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (949KB, pdf) posted 18 September 2023
Conveners Group minutes (134KB, pdf) posted 27 October 2023
Meeting 21 June 2023
Conveners Group agenda and paper (2MB, pdf) posted 24 August 2023
Conveners Group minutes (123KB, pdf) posted 25 September 2023
Meeting 31 May 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (647KB, pdf) posted 02 June 2023
Conveners Group minutes (139KB, pdf) posted 24 August 2023
Meeting 24 May 2023
Conveners Group agenda (92KB, pdf) posted 23 May 2023
Meeting with the First Minister: Official Report (208KB, pdf) posted 02 June 2023
Watch the video on Parliament TV
Meeting 26 April 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (492KB, pdf) posted 02 June 2023
Conveners Group minutes (105KB, pdf) posted 02 June 2023
Meeting 1 March 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (286KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Conveners Group minutes (44KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Meeting 22 February 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (201KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Conveners Group minutes (143KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Meeting 25 January 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (473KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2023
Conveners Group minutes (134KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2023
Meeting 30 November 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (936KB, pdf) posted 09 February 2023
Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 09 February 2023
Meeting 28 September 2022
Conveners group agenda and papers (92KB, pdf) posted 24 November 2022
Meeting with the First Minister: Official Report (236KB, pdf) posted 05 October 2022
Watch the video on Parliament TV
Meeting 21 September 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (236KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023
Conveners Group minutes (39KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023
Meeting 22 June 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (824KB, pdf) posted 28 June 2022
Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 23 September 2022
Meeting 25 May 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (947KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022
Conveners Group minutes (121KB, pdf) posted 28 June 2022
Meeting 27 April 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (853KB, pdf) posted 01 June 2022
Conveners Group minutes (77KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2022
Meeting 30 March 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (457KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022
Conveners Group minutes (84KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022
Meeting 2 March 2022
Meeting with the First Minister: Official Report (240KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2022
Watch the video on Parliament TV
Meeting 23 February 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (73KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Conveners Group minutes (330KB, pdf) posted 22 February 2022
Meeting 26 January 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (436KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022
Conveners Group minutes (77KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2022
Meeting 24 November 2021
Conveners Group agenda and papers (315KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022
Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022
Meeting 27 October 2021
Conveners Group agenda and papers (325KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021
Conveners Group minutes (171KB, pdf) posted 02 December 2021
Meeting 29 September 2021
Conveners Group agenda and papers (256KB, pdf) posted 29 September 2021
Conveners Group minutes (101KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021
Reports
Conveners Group, 2021 (Session 5): Legacy Report
Legacy Report for Conveners Group
Correspondence
Net zero scrutiny arrangements
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition, 19 December 2023
Read the correspondence (95KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2024
Parliament’s Committees and SPCB-supported officeholders
Letter to the Presiding Officer, 20 February 2023
Read the correspondence (74KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Net zero scrutiny arrangements
Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 15 December 2022
Read the correspondence (31KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Net zero scrutiny arrangements
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport to the Convener, 1 November 2022
Read the correspondence (55KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Net zero scrutiny arrangements
Letter to Chris Stark, Chief Executive, UK Committee on Climate Change, 13 October 2022
Read the correspondence (70KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Net zero scrutiny arrangements
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, 6 October 2022
Read the correspondence (78KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Inquiry on future practices and procedures
Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 6 June 2022
Read the correspondence (99KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Legislative Consent Memorandums
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business to the Convener, 16 May 2022
Read the correspondence (115KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Legislative Consent Memorandums
Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 27 April 2022
Read the correspondence (75KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Legislative Consent Memorandums
Letter to the Minister for Parliamentary Business, 27 April 2022
Read the correspondence (76KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Previous Sessions
Previous session information is held on the archive website.
Session 5 (Agenda, Papers and Minutes)
Session 4 (Agenda, Papers and Minutes)
Session 3 (Remit, Membership and Notes of Decisions Taken)