. —————————— Presiding Officer’s Statement on Legislative Competence On 7 February 2022, the Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone MSP) made the following statement: “In my view, the provisions of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.” —————————— Scottish Government Statement on Legislative Competence On 7 February 2022, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery (John Swinney MSP) made the following statement: “In my view, the provisions of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.”