Chamber and committees

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Agenda: 19 June 2025

Thursday, 19 June 2025

11th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:00am

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Agenda items:

Decision on taking business in private
Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Evidence Session

Agenda published: Tuesday, 17 June 2025 10:57am

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1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Graham Simpson
Member in charge of the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
Scottish Parliament

Ben McKendrick
Senior Clerk
The Scottish Parliament

Catriona Lyle
Solicitor, Legal Services
Scottish Parliament

Papers for this item:

1_Recall_clerksnote (112KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2025

3_SPICe_WrittenEvidenceAnalysis (283KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2025

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item

3. Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will consider the legislative consent memorandum lodged by Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government (LCM-S6-59).

Papers for this item:

4_Clerk Note (268KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2025

4. Evidence Session

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

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