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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

The next meeting of the Conveners Group will take place on Wednesday 24 June 2026.

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)

Alyn Smith

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Stirling (Constituency)

Paul Sweeney

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Glasgow (Region)

Meeting papers and reportsĀ 

Meeting Papers and Official Reports

Meeting 24 June 2026

Agenda and papers to follow.

Reports

No Reports Available

Correspondence

Correspondence in Session 7 will be published here when available.

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