Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, March 30, 2017

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The next item of business is consideration of three Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S5M-04783, on committee membership, motion S5M-04784, on substitution on committees, and motion S5M-04945, on acting conveners.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that—

Jenny Gilruth be appointed to replace Richard Lyle as a member of the Health and Sport Committee;

Richard Lyle be appointed to replace Jenny Gilruth on the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee;

Clare Haughey be appointed to replace Fulton MacGregor on the Education and Skills Committee;

Ruth Maguire be appointed to replace Richard Lochhead on the Education and Skills Committee;

Jenny Gilruth be appointed to replace Ruth Maguire on the Local Government and Communities Committee;

Fulton MacGregor be appointed to replace Mairi Evans on the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee;

Willie Coffey be appointed to replace Gail Ross on the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee;

Emma Harper be appointed to replace Clare Haughey on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee;

Mairi Evans be appointed to replace Emma Harper on the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee; and

Gail Ross be appointed to replace to replace Willie Coffey on the Equalities and Human Rights Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Christina McKelvie be appointed to replace George Adam as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee; and

George Adam be appointed to replace Christina McKelvie as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Justice Committee.

That, under rule 12.1A, the Parliament agrees that—

(a) Jackie Baillie be appointed as a member of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee; and

(b) an acting convener of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee shall be chosen for the period 16 April 2017 to 20 October 2017.—[Joe FitzPatrick]

We will take the question on those motions at decision time, which will be at 16:45, so we will just wait a few seconds.