Meeting Agenda
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)
Paper 1_DigitalImprintsGuidance_clerksnote posted 03/11/2025 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/25/20/1, 105KB, pdf)
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—
Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Scottish Government
Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government
Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer, Scottish Government
Paper_2_AbsentVotingSSIs_clerksnote posted 03/11/2025 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/25/20/2, 223KB, pdf)
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—
Dr Ben Worthy, Reader in Politics and Public Policy, Birkbeck College
Dr Erin Ferguson, Lecturer in Law, University of Aberdeen
Professor Kevin Dunion
Juliet Swann, Nations and Regions Programme Manager, Transparency International UK
Alex Parsons, Senior Researcher , mySociety/WhatDoTheyKnow
Paper_3_FOI_Bill_clerksnote posted 03/11/2025 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/25/20/3, 117KB, pdf)
SPPAC/S6/25/20/4(P) (Private Paper)
Paper_5_FOI_Bill_cfv_summary posted 03/11/2025 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/25/20/5, 367KB, pdf)
The Committee will consider the Electoral Commission’s Code of Practice for non-party campaigners in Scotland.
SPPAC/S6/25/20/6(P) (Private Paper)