Plenary, 10 Oct 2002

Meeting date: Thursday, October 10, 2002

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Standing Orders (Changes)

The next item of business is consideration of motion S1M-3460, in the name of Murray Tosh, on behalf of the Procedures Committee, on its fourth report of 2002, on changes to standing orders. Will Murray Tosh explain the changes?

I will say simply that the Parliament's agreeing to the motion will give effect to the standing orders changes in the Procedures Committee's fourth report of 2002 only in relation to the Scottish parliamentary standards commissioner. They are a series of consequential changes that arise from recent legislation and are necessary to allow the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to appoint a commissioner.

I move,

That the Parliament agrees the recommendations for changes to the Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament concerning the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner contained in the Procedures Committee's 4th Report 2002, Changes to Standing Orders concerning the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, European Committee remit, Private Legislation, Temporary Conveners and the Journal of the Scottish Parliament (SP Paper 665), and agrees that these changes shall come into effect on 14 October 2002.

No one has asked to speak on the motion and the decision on it will be taken at decision time.