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Suspension of Standing Orders

  • Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
  • Motion type: Bureau Motion
  • Motion reference: S7M-00149
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 26 May 2026

That the Parliament agrees, under Rule 17.2.1(b), to suspend and vary Rule 13.6 as follows, for the purpose of First Minister’s Question Time on Thursday 28 May 2026—

(a) in paragraph A1, the words “may be lodged in writing in advance, or” are suspended, and for the word “1” there is substituted the word “3”;

(b) in Rule 13.6, paragraphs 1 and 2 are suspended;

(c) in paragraph 3, the words “In addition to questions selected in advance under paragraph 2” are suspended; and

(d) in paragraph 4, the words “so long as that question is not one which has been selected in advance” are suspended.