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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee


Minutes: 29 January 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026

4th Meeting, 2026

Start time:08:30am
End time: 11:24am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Published: Thursday, 29 January 2026
Also Present:
  • Graham Simpson (member in charge of the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal) Bill, Graeme Dey, Kevin Stewart, Alex Cole-Hamilton and Mark Griffin

Minutes


1. Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill:

The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2.

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89. 

 

The following amendments were agreed to (by division)— 

9 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0) 

84 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0) 

90 (For 3, Against 2, Abstentions 0) 

 


The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)— 

110 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

111 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

91 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

6 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

92 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

7 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

8 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

93 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

94 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

95 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

112 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

97 (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

52A (For 2, Against 3, Abstentions 0) 

65 (For 0, Against 5, Abstentions 0)  

 

The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 102 and 124 

 

The following amendments were not moved: 96, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 98, 99, 100, 123, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 and 109 

 

The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: sections 2, 4, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 29 

 

The following provisions were agreed to as amended: sections 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14 and 15, schedule, sections 17, 21, 23, 24, 30, 31 and the long title 

 

The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill. 



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