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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 19 July 2025
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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

I accept that. I understand that.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

I completely agree with you—I just want to put that on the record. I am not quibbling with that. I am just trying to tease out some of the phraseology that you have used.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

I understand that.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

Finally, are you confident that sensitive and personal information regarding someone’s circumstances could be kept private? Do you have concerns about whether, in the case of someone who was alleged not to have been in for 180 days, the information around that would stay private?

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

That holds across the board, for all parties.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

Never. [Laughter.]

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

I thought that you would say that it was because it would not achieve the parity that you are trying to achieve. Do you not contend that it is simpler to get the 10 per cent of the regional voters and, if that is achieved and they want to get rid of that MSP, you just go to the next on the list? That could save money and it would be a bit simpler.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee [Draft]

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

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

That is kind of what I expected you to say—

Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]

National Advisory Council on Women and Girls Equality Recommendations

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

I am struggling to understand what path you are going down. What you are talking about is not in the report that we are supposed to be debating.

Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]

Alexander Dennis Ltd

Meeting date: 19 June 2025

Rona Mackay

I welcome the SNP Government’s commitment to supporting public transport and operational sustainability, notably through schemes such as the Scottish zero-emission bus challenge fund. Can the minister say more about any support that has been received by Alexander Dennis through that scheme and its predecessor, the Scottish ultra-low-emission bus scheme? Will she tell members how many orders Alexander Dennis has secured through the Scottish Government’s funding programmes, such as ScotZEB?