Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Motion

The next item is consideration of Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body motion S5M-21330, on reimbursement of members’ expenses scheme. I ask Andy Wightman, on behalf of the SPCB, to speak to and move the motion.

This Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body motion provides for an amendment to the members’ expenses scheme, which will provide to the corporate body additional flexibility in order to support members as much as possible in these exceptional circumstances.

I move,

That the Parliament, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 81(2) and (5)(b) and 83(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, determines that the Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme, which was agreed to by resolution of the Parliament on 12 June 2008 and last amended by resolution of the Parliament on 18 March 2020, be amended to insert after paragraph 7.2.2 “7.2.3 The SPCB may, in exceptional circumstances, approve exceptional expenses incurred by members where the Scheme does not otherwise provide for reimbursement.”

The question on the motion will be put at decision time.