Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
20th Meeting, 2025
The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private.
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:
Paper 1_DigitalImprintsGuidance_clerksnote (105KB, pdf) posted 03 November 2025
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.
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—
Papers for this item:
Paper_2_AbsentVotingSSIs_clerksnote (223KB, pdf) posted 03 November 2025
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.
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
and then from:
Papers for this item:
Paper_3_FOI_Bill_clerksnote (117KB, pdf) posted 03 November 2025
Paper_5_FOI_Bill_cfv_summary (367KB, pdf) posted 03 November 2025
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
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
The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.