Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 28 Oct 2008

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Official Report 95KB pdf

---

Work Programme

Item 5 relates to the committee's work programme and consideration of rule changes to implement aspects of the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Bill when it has completed its passage through the Parliament. Alasdair Morgan, the convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme Committee, has written to us to outline areas in which rule changes might be required. It is anticipated that if the bill is passed, the act will receive royal assent at the end of February 2009, and that at least some rule changes will be required shortly afterwards. Do members want to comment or ask for clarification, perhaps from Peter Peacock, who has been involved with the bill? To be honest, I found Mr Morgan's letter quite hard to follow.

Are members happy to agree that the proposed rule changes be given priority in the committee's future work programme and that officials should give preliminary consideration to the proposed rule changes?

Members indicated agreement.

I ask members of the public and others to leave. We are about to go into private session.

Meeting continued in private until 15:22.