Chamber and committees

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

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Meeting Agenda

4th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Monday, March 17, 2025 03:29pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.

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2 Committee effectiveness

The Committee will take evidence, in a roundtable discussion, from—

 

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Witnesses

Gemma Diamond, Director of Innovation and Transformation, Audit Scotland

Dr Marc Geddes, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh

Sir David Natzler KCB, Clerk of the House of Commons 2015-2019, Clerk of Committees 2008-09 and Clerk to the House of Commons Reform Committee (the Wright Committee) 2009-10

Professor Meg Russell, Director, Constitution Unit, University College London

Brian Taylor, Former Political Editor BBC Scotland, Columnist The Herald

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SPPAC/S6/25/4/1(P) (Private Paper)

CommitteeEffectiveness_Submissions posted 17/03/2025 (Ref: SPPAC/S6/25/4/2, 237KB, pdf)

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3 Evidence Session

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

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4 Code of Conduct Rule Changes

The Committee will consider draft Code of Conduct Rule changes.

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SPPAC/S6/25/4/3(P) (Private Paper)

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5 Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

The Committee will consider a note from the Clerk.

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SPPAC/S6/25/4/4(P) (Private Paper)

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