Accordingly, under Rule 9A.5.3, the following may not be appointed to a Private Bill Committee: • an MSP whose principal place of residence is within the area of any works that the Bill would authorise • an MSP who owns (or has any other right or interest in) any land or buildings that would be subject to compulsory acquisition or use under the Bill • an MSP whose constituency or region includes any part of the area of any works that the Bill would authorise • an MSP whose constituency or region would, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Bureau, be particularly affected by any such works • an MSP who has a financial interest that, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Bureau, directly relates to the promoter or the subject matter of the Bill • an MSP who has any other interest registered in the Register of Interests of 16 Members of the Scottish Parliament that the Parliamentary Bureau considers would, or would be likely to, prejudice the MSP’s ability to participate in the Committee’s proceedings in an impartial manner. 4.7 The function of the Register of Interests is to provide information about certain financial interests of members, namely those which “might be thought to 16 The Register entry for each current MSP is available from the Parliament’s website (under ), by selecting the MSP’s name, then selecting “Register of MSPs / Current and previous MSPs Interests”.