Commissioner for Public Appointments
We have already had before us proposals for a change in our remit. Indeed, Iain Smith, the convener of the Procedures Committee, spoke to us at our last meeting. The Procedures Committee is still fine tuning the details of the procedures for laying the draft code of practice and for reporting breaches of the code, as he reported to us at our last meeting. The issues are likely to be addressed in a report to Parliament, which we are advised is likely to be made early in March. Although we cannot anticipate the business programme of the Parliament, we can assume that a debate on the report will take place soon after.
At our last meeting, Kenneth Macintosh asked whether reports by the commissioner for public appointments on non-compliance should be considered in private by the committee. We were advised by the convener of the Procedures Committee that that is still being considered by the commissioner's office and the Parliament's legal advisers. Today, we have an update on the matter. As members will see, it will not be mandatory for us to consider such reports in private, but we would be able to do so if we wished. Today, we are simply being asked to note that position. We will be sent copies of the report to Parliament by the Procedures Committee as soon as it is published. Are members content with the update?
Members indicated agreement.
In that case, I draw the meeting to a close.
Meeting closed at 11:07.