1. The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2022 was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 14 December 2021 and referred to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (SPPA Committee).

2. At its meeting on 21 December 2021, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the draft instrument and had no comments to make.

3. Motion S6M-02576 was lodged by George Adam, Minister for Parliamentary Business, and supported by John Swinney, Deputy First Minister.

4. At the SPPA Committee's meeting on 13 January 2022, it took evidence on the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2022 from —

   George Adam, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Lauchlan Hall, Senior Policy Adviser and Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government.

5. Following the evidence session, George Adam (Minister for Parliamentary Business) moved—S6M-02576 —That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2022 be approved.

6. The motion was agreed to without division.

7. The evidence taken and the debate can be found in the Official Report for the SPPA Committee meeting of 13 January 2022.

1st Meeting, 2022 (Session 6), Thursday 13 January 2022

Subordinate legislation: The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2022 from—George Adam, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Lauchlan Hall,Senior Policy Adviser and Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government .

Elena Whitham declared an interest that she is a serving Councillor.

Subordinate legislation: George Adam (Minister for Parliamentary Business) moved—S6M-02576—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Committee recommends that the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2022 be approved.

The motion was agreed to without division.