Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme
- Submitted by: Jackson Carlaw, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
- Motion reference: S6M-09249
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 31 May 2023
That the Parliament, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 81(2), 81(5)(b) and 83(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, determines that the Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme, which was agreed to by resolution of the Parliament on 2 March 2021, be amended to—
(a) insert, in paragraph 1.2.4, after “considers appropriate.” and before “Such increases”—
“Any such uprating shall also be applied to the limit on the amount by which Members may vary their office cost and engagement provisions up or down subject to the overall agreed combined annual limit, as set out in paragraph 4.3.1 and 5.1.3.”
(b) insert, in the second sentence of paragraph 4.3.1 after “financial year,” and before “subject to”—
“or by such sum as determined following the uprating of the variation limit applied under paragraph 1.2.4,”
(c) insert, in the second sentence of paragraph 5.1.3 after “financial year,” and before “subject to”—
“or by such sum as determined following the uprating of the variation limit applied under paragraph 1.2.4,”.