Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Meeting Minutes
4th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 11:30
- Published: Friday, March 10, 2023 07:59am
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private and future consideration of the recommendations in the report of the Parliament’s Gender Sensitive Audit in private.
2 Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland:
The Committee took evidence on the Commissioner’s annual report from—
Ian Bruce, Ethical Standards Commissioner and Angela Glen, Senior Investigating Officer, Ethical Standards Commissioner .
3 Correspondence:
The Committee considered correspondence it had received from Stuart McMillan MSP in relation to the Proxy Voting Scheme and agreed to write to the Member.
4 ‘A Parliament for All’: Report of the Parliament’s Gender Sensitive Audit:
The Committee considered the recommendations in the report relevant to the Committee’s remit and agreed to consider the recommendations in the report further.
5 Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland:
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
6 Code of Conduct Rule Changes(In Private):
The Committee agreed to postpone consideration of changes to the Code of Conduct Rules and the Guidance on the code of Conduct to a future meeting.