A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to enfranchise certain persons in respect of Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; to extend to certain persons the right to vote at, stand for election at, and hold office as elected members following, Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; and for connected purposes.
Current Status of the Bill
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney MSP, on 20 June 2019.
Stage 1
The Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee was designated the lead Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny
Financial Memorandum
As with all Bills, the Finance and Constitution Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
The Financial Memorandum (FM) published alongside the Bill sets out the estimated costs of introducing the legislation and the additional receipts that are expected to be generated as a result of the changes proposed.
Before making a submission, please read our privacy notice about submitting your views to a Committee. This tells you about how we process your personal data.
Please note that in most cases your written submission will be published on the Scottish Parliament’s website and may be quoted in the Committee’s report or in Committee meetings (which are public and broadcast).
Please use the questionnaire and provided for your submission.
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill: Financial Memorandum (213KB pdf posted 21 June 2019)
FM Questionnaire
The deadline to submit your views was Friday 6 September 2019.
We have received the following written submissions to this bill:
FCC/S5/SEB/01 Submission from Association of Electoral Administration (116KB PDF)
FCC/S5/SEB/02 Submission from Scottish Assessors Association (61KB PDF)
FCC/S5/SEB/03 Submission from The Electoral Management Board Scotland (63KB PDF)
FCC/S5/SEB/04 Submission from The Electoral Commission Scotland (10KB PDF)
We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language. Due to the time required to process and analyse evidence, late submissions will only be accepted with the agreement of the Committee.
Written responses should be sent electronically, in the template format to [email protected].
Ideally, they would be no more than four sides of A4.
If you cannot submit electronically you may send in a hard copy written submission. If you are sending in a hard copy submission please send it to: The Finance and Constitution Committee, Room T3.60, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP.