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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee


Agenda: 06 November 2025

Thursday, 06 November 2025

20th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 08:45am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Document subject to parliamentary control
  3. Subordinate legislation
  4. Subordinate legislation
  5. Subordinate legislation
  6. Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill
  7. Code of Practice

Agenda published: Monday, 03 November 2025 04:50pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private.


2. Document subject to parliamentary control

The Committee will consider the following:

Draft statutory guidance on imprints for non-party campaigners at Scottish Parliamentary elections and council elections in Scotland (SG/2025/215)

Papers for this item:


3. Subordinate legislation

Emma Roddick to move—S6M-19488—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Draft statutory guidance on imprints for non-party campaigners at Scottish Parliamentary elections and council elections in Scotland (SG/2025/215) should not be approved.


4. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Absent Voting at Scottish Parliament and Local Government Elections (Signature Refresh) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2025 and the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/263) from—

  • Graeme Dey
    Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans
    Scottish Government
  • Iain Hockenhull
    Elections Bill Team Leader
    Scottish Government
  • Lorraine Walkinshaw
    Lawyer
    Scottish Government

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5. Subordinate legislation

Graeme Dey Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-19176—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Absent Voting at Scottish Parliament and Local Government Elections (Signature Refresh) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft] be approved.


6. Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

 

  • Dr Ben Worthy
    Reader in Politics and Public Policy
    Birkbeck College
  • Dr Erin Ferguson
    Lecturer in Law
    University of Aberdeen
  • Professor Kevin Dunion
  • and then from:

  • Juliet Swann
    Nations and Regions Programme Manager
    Transparency International UK
  • Alex Parsons
    Senior Researcher
    mySociety/WhatDoTheyKnow

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


7. Code of Practice

The Committee will consider the Electoral Commission’s Code of Practice for non-party campaigners in Scotland.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


Official Report

The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.

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