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It would be valuable to capture the experiences of those who have been offered and exercised proxies. 09:45 As to how the Presiding Officer would make a determination on next of kin, you will recall the substantial evidence that we heard around people’s caring situations.
The Bill proposes that a Member could be recalled if they receive a sanction excluding them from Parliament for a certain period of time or receive a prison sentence of less than six months.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 January 2022
The Board is also undertaking work to review children known to the service who have risk factors for hearing loss and, based on the outcome of each review, recall children where appropriate in line with national guidance.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 February 2026
Introduction and overview of the Bill
This report considers the delegated powers in the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill ("the Bill") as amended at Stage 2.
Accompanying documents
The Parliament's Standing Orders require certain accompanying documents for each Bill as set out earlier in this briefing.
The Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill was introduced alongside:
Statements on Legislative Competence
a Policy Memorandum
Explanatory Notes
a Financial Memorandum
a Delegated Powers Memorand...
The law on outright disqualification of MPs has not been changed, although the recall procedure permits a recall petition where an MP has been convicted of an offence in the UK and receives a custodial sentence (including a suspended sentence) or is ordered to be detained, other than solely under mental health legisl...
As agreed at the meeting, I am writing to set out the detail relating to consultations, with a view to it being considered further by your Committee. As you will recall, the SPCB discussed a range of issues around the management of Members’ Bills, including a focus on how each of the phases of the process should operate in as efficient a way as possible, bo...
Accreditation There was considerable focus on accreditation during the passage of the Act, and two important appointments have recently been made to strengthen the independence of the accreditation function within Qualifications Scotland: • The Cabinet Secretary has appointed Dr Ken Thomson OBE DL as Convener of the Accreditation Committee. As you will recall, the Act established that the Convener would be directly appointed by Ministers and that the Committee would act independently of Qualifications Scotland.
Kaukab Stewart MSP promised over one year ago to revert to me with answers to my questions, but none ever received and she doesn’t bother to answer my reminders, so I have given up. • We cannot recall having received a communication directly from the Scottish Government, possibly because The Bond Building remediation is technically under direct control by P...