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The amendment was disagreed to on the Convener's casting vote.
Sharon Dowey MSP lodged an amendment which would have required the Scottish Government to publish a report on the impact of the provisions on fiscal fines.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2024
While three of the six responses were supportive of all of the proposed changes, John Mason MSP, Elaine Smith MSP and Neil Findlay MSP disagreed with the proposal that a petition is inadmissible if it has been brought by or on behalf of a petitioner who, at the same time, has ...
The amendment was moved by Emma Harper MSP at Stage 2, as Jim Fairlie MSP had left the Committee by this point and was now the Minister speaking to the Bill.
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Conclusion not to publish MSPs' diaries and calendars
The Committee’s draft report concluded that given concerns about data protection and, in particular, the privacy of MSPs’ constituents, that it did not support the proposal from some witnesses to publish the diaries and calendars of MSPs.
Applying that knowledge to the regional MSPs situation here, if you were replacing an MSP with the next person on the list from the same party, that would risk undermining public confidence if they really wanted to oust the MSP and the party that held the seat.