Annexe C – Extracts from the Committee’s Minutes
5th Meeting, 2024, (Session 6), Thursday 29 February 2024
Committee Effectiveness: The Committee took evidence from— Professor Adam Tomkins, Former Member of the Scottish Parliament; Johann Lamont, Former Member of the Scottish Parliament.
17th Meeting, 2024, (Session 6), Thursday, 13 June 2024
Committee Effectiveness: The Committee considered and agreed its approach to a proposed inquiry on committee effectiveness.
19th Meeting, 2024, (Session 6), Thursday, 27 June 2024
Committee Effectiveness (In Private): The Committee agreed to seek approval for the appointment of an adviser.
2nd Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 30 January 2025
Committee effectiveness (In Private): The Committee considered its approach to the inquiry and agreed to further consider its approach to evidence in private at a future meeting.
3rd Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 20 February 2025
Committee effectiveness (In Private): The Committee agreed its approach to the inquiry.
4th Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 20 March 2025
Committee effectiveness: The Committee took evidence from—
Sir David Natzler KCB, Clerk of the House of Commons 2015-2019, Clerk of Committees 2008-09 and Clerk to the House of Commons Reform Committee (the Wright Committee) 2009-10; Brian Taylor, Former Political Editor BBC Scotland, Columnist The Herald; Professor Meg Russell, Director, Constitution Unit, University College London; Gemma Diamond, Director of Innovation and Transformation, Audit Scotland; Dr Marc Geddes, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh.
5th Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 03 April 2025
Committee effectiveness: The Committee took evidence in a roundtable format from—
Professor Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling; Dr Tom Caygill, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University; Ken Hughes, Former Assistant Chief Executive, Scottish Parliament; Professor Cristina Leston Bandeira, Professor of Politics, University of Leeds.
6th Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 24 April 2025
Committee effectiveness: The Committee heard evidence, in a roundtable format, from—
Professor Philip Lord Norton of Louth, Professor of Government and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull; Professor Diana Stirbu, Co-Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Empowering Society (CARES), London Metropolitan University; Dr Stephen Holden Bates, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Birmingham; Dr Ruth Fox, Director and Head of Research, Hansard Society.
8th Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 15 May 2025
Committee effectiveness: The Committee took evidence from—
Douglas Ross, MSP, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party; Willie Rennie, MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrats; Karen Adam, MSP, Scottish National Party; Rhoda Grant, MSP, Scottish Labour Party; Ash Regan, MSP, Alba Party; Ross Greer, MSP, Scottish Green Party;
and then from— Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Parliamentary Business,
Steven Macgregor, Head of Parliament and Legislation Unit and
Ailsa Kemp, Parliament and Legislation Unit Team Leader, Scottish Government.
14th Meeting, 2025, (Session 6), Thursday, 11 September 2025
Committee effectiveness (In Private): The Committee considered a draft report and agreed to continue consideration at a future meeting.
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