Chamber and committees

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Meeting Agenda

4th Meeting, 2023

Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
Session: 6
Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
Start time: 09:30am
Published: Monday, March 6, 2023 10:49am

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private and future consideration of the recommendations in the report of the Parliament’s Gender Sensitive Audit in private.

2 Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland

The Committee will take evidence on the Commissioner’s annual report from—

Witnesses

Ian Bruce, Ethical Standards Commissioner, Ethical Standards Commissioner

Angela Glen, Senior Investigating Officer, Ethical Standards Commissioner

SPPAC/S6/23/4/1(P) (Private Paper)

3 Correspondence

The Committee will consider correspondence it has received from Stuart McMillan MSP in relation to the Proxy Voting Scheme.

PVCorrespondence posted 06/03/2023 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/23/4/2, 156KB, pdf)

4 ‘A Parliament for All’: Report of the Parliament’s Gender Sensitive Audit

The Committee will consider the recommendations in the report relevant to the Committee’s remit.

GenderSensitiveAudit posted 06/03/2023 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/23/4/3, 152KB, pdf)

5 Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

6 Code of Conduct Rule Changes (Private)

The Committee will consider changes to the Code of Conduct Rules and the Guidance on the code of Conduct.

SPPAC/S6/23/4/4(P) (Private Paper)