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About the Scottish Parliament

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.

Next meeting

  • Meeting with the First Minister, Wednesday 30 September
  • Meeting with the First Minister, Wednesday 6 October

Get in touch

If you want to get in touch, please contact the Clerk for the group.

X (previously known as Twitter): @scotparl

Members

Members of the Conveners Group

Current Members

Party: No Party Affiliation

MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)

Karen Adam

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)

Neil Bibby

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: West Scotland (Region)

Bob Doris

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill (Constituency)

Katie Hagmann

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Glasgow (Region)

Clare Haughey

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Rutherglen and Cambuslang (Constituency)

Craig Hoy

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Dumfriesshire (Constituency)

Calum Kerr

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Constituency)

Duncan Massey

Member

Party: Reform UK

MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)

Helen McDade

Member

Party: Reform UK

MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Inverclyde (Constituency)

Jenni Minto

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Argyll and Bute (Constituency)

Willie Rennie

Member

Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats

MSP for: Fife North East (Constituency)

Mark Ruskell

Member

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)

Paul Sweeney

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Glasgow (Region)

Meeting papers and reportsĀ 

Meeting Papers and Official Reports

Meeting 6 October 2026

Meeting agenda, Official Report and video to follow.

Meeting 30 September 2026

Meeting agenda, Official Report and video to follow.

Meeting 24 June 2026

Conveners Group meeting agenda: 24 June 2026 (92KB, pdf) posted 08 September 2026

Paper 1: Conveners Group background paper (127KB, pdf) posted 08 September 2026

Reports

No Reports Available

Correspondence

Correspondence in Session 7 will be published here when available.

Previous Sessions