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Committees

Current and previous committees, who sits (or sat) on each, who convenes them, and how the workload spreads across members.

129
Current MSPs
415
MSPs ever elected
13
Parties on record
153
Committees
3,573
Committee role records
Scrutiny

Committees of the Parliament

Active committees
15
of 153 on record · as of 08 Apr 2026
Largest committee
Education, Children and Young People Committee
17 active members
Newest convener
Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Constitution, Europe, External Aff… · since 04 Sep 2025
Most recent appointment
Kerr, Stephen
Substitute Member · Local Government, Housing a… · 03 Mar 2026
Latest active committees
15
08 Apr 2026
Previous committees
138
Latest active roles
187

Committee data coverage: committees from 17 Jun 1999 to 08 Apr 2026; role history from 17 Jun 1999 to 08 Apr 2026. Sort by Start ascending to jump back to the 1999 committees.

Committee types

Coverage, then and now

Type All Current
Subject 63 8
Mandatory 55 7
Bill 34 0
Who's stretched

MSPs carrying the most committee work right now

Member Roles Convener
Boyack, Sarah 3 0
Chapman, Maggie 3 0
Choudhury, Foysol 3 0
Doris, Bob 3 0
Grant, Rhoda 3 0
Harvie, Patrick 3 0
Kerr, Stephen 3 0
Mackay, Rona 3 0
McCall, Roz 3 0
McNair, Marie 3 0
Showing 153 of 153 committees. Latest 30 days: 0 new role records.
Committee Type Start Status (desc) Roles
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
CPPP
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 25
9 current
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
CEEAC
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 38
12 current
Criminal Justice Committee
CJ
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 25
12 current
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
DPLR
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 28
9 current
Economy and Fair Work Committee
EFW
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 39
14 current
Education, Children and Young People Committee
ECYP
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 56
17 current
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
EHRCJ
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 41
12 current
Finance and Public Administration Committee
FPA
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 33
11 current
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
HSCS
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 42
15 current
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
LGHP
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 40
12 current
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
NZET
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 35
12 current
Public Audit Committee
PA
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 26
9 current
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
RAI
 Subject 01 Feb 2023 Current 40
15 current
Social Justice and Social Security Committee
SJSS
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Current 51
12 current
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
SPPAC
 Mandatory 15 Jun 2021 Current 37
9 current
Ad Hoc Standards Committee
AHS
 Subject 02 Jun 2005 Previous 7
0 current
Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee
AB
 Bill 15 Jun 2006 Previous 7
0 current
Audit Committee
AU
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 24
0 current
Audit Committee
AU
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 39
0 current
Audit Committee
AU
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 23
0 current
Baird Trust Reorganisation Bill Committee
BAIRD
 Bill 16 Mar 2005 Previous 7
0 current
Burrell Collection (Lending and Borrowing) (Scotland) Bill Committee
BC
 Bill 12 Jun 2013 Previous 6
0 current
City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee
LLI
 Bill 18 Sep 2013 Previous 6
0 current
City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee
EPP
 Bill 29 May 2013 Previous 6
0 current
Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill Committee
CC
 Bill 16 Jan 2003 Previous 8
0 current
Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints
SGHHC
 Subject 06 Feb 2019 Previous 17
1 current
Communities Committee
COM
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 32
0 current
COVID-19 Committee
CVD
 Subject 21 Apr 2020 Previous 19
0 current
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
CVDR
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Previous 16
1 current
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee
CTEEA
 Mandatory 06 Sep 2018 Previous 27
0 current
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee
CTEERC
 Mandatory 29 Sep 2016 Previous 25
0 current
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
DPLR
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 36
0 current
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
DPLR
 Mandatory 05 Jun 2013 Previous 24
0 current
Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
DFP
 Subject 29 Oct 2014 Previous 25
0 current
Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee
EEFW
 Subject 06 Sep 2018 Previous 30
0 current
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
EET
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 24
0 current
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
EET
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 42
0 current
Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
EJFW
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 28
0 current
Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Bill Committee
EARL
 Bill 30 Mar 2006 Previous 7
0 current
Edinburgh Bakers' Widows' Fund Bill Committee
EBW
 Bill 19 Apr 2017 Previous 4
0 current
Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Bill Committee
ED1
 Bill 16 Jun 2004 Previous 9
0 current
Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill Committee
ED2
 Bill 16 Jun 2004 Previous 8
0 current
Education and Culture Committee
EC
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 39
0 current
Education and Skills Committee
ES
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 54
0 current
Education Committee
ED
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 27
0 current
Education, Culture and Sport Committee
ED
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 30
0 current
Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
ELLC
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 27
0 current
End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill Committee
ELA
 Bill 10 Feb 2010 Previous 8
0 current
Enterprise and Culture Committee
EC
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 30
0 current
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
EL
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 31
0 current
Environment and Rural Development Committee
ERD
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 30
0 current
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
ECCLR
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 38
0 current
Equal Opportunities Committee
EO
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 13
0 current
Equal Opportunities Committee
EO
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 30
0 current
Equal Opportunities Committee
EO
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 32
0 current
Equal Opportunities Committee
EO
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 31
0 current
Equal Opportunities Committee
EO
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 42
0 current
Equalities and Human Rights Committee
EHRiC
 Mandatory 29 Sep 2016 Previous 31
0 current
European and External Relations Committee
EERC
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 18
0 current
European and External Relations Committee
EU
 Mandatory 06 Mar 2003 Previous 11
0 current
European and External Relations Committee
EU
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 28
0 current
European and External Relations Committee
EU
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 34
0 current
European and External Relations Committee
EU
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 28
0 current
European Committee
EU
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 27
0 current
Finance and Constitution Committee
FCC
 Mandatory 29 Sep 2016 Previous 42
0 current
Finance Committee
FI
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 21
0 current
Finance Committee
FI
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 30
0 current
Finance Committee
FI
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 33
0 current
Finance Committee
FI
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 27
0 current
Finance Committee
FI
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 32
0 current
Forth Crossing Bill Committee
FCB
 Bill 27 Jan 2010 Previous 6
0 current
Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee
GARL
 Bill 01 Mar 2006 Previous 7
0 current
Health and Community Care Committee
HE
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 24
0 current
Health and Sport Committee
HS
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 39
0 current
Health and Sport Committee
HS
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 22
0 current
Health and Sport Committee
HS
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 45
1 current
Health Committee
HC
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 26
0 current
Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee
HH
 Bill 12 Sep 2018 Previous 7
0 current
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
ICI
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 32
0 current
Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Bill Committee
IM
 Bill 22 Sep 2015 Previous 8
0 current
Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Bill Committee
MI
 Bill 15 Dec 2005 Previous 8
0 current
Justice 1 Committee
J1
 Subject 08 Jan 2001 Previous 20
0 current
Justice 1 Committee
J1
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 23
0 current
Justice 2 Committee
J2
 Subject 08 Jan 2001 Previous 22
0 current
Justice 2 Committee
J2
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 26
0 current
Justice 2 Sub-Committee
J2SC
 Unknown 28 Jun 2006 Previous 7
0 current
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
JH
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 15
0 current
Justice Committee
J
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 44
0 current
Justice Committee
J
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 26
0 current
Justice Committee
J
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 35
0 current
Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
JSP
 Unknown 06 Oct 2016 Previous 17
0 current
Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
JSP
 Unknown 13 Mar 2013 Previous 8
0 current
Local Government and Communities Committee
LGC
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 39
0 current
Local Government and Communities Committee
LGC
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 28
0 current
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
LGR
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 36
0 current
Local Government and Transport Committee
LGT
 Subject 04 Jun 2003 Previous 34
0 current
Local Government Committee
LG
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 26
0 current
National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee
NG
 Bill 05 Dec 2002 Previous 7
0 current
National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee
NGS
 Bill 02 Sep 2015 Previous 6
1 current
National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill Committee
NTS
 Bill 23 Jan 2013 Previous 6
0 current
Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill Committee
PPB
 Bill 17 Jun 2015 Previous 7
0 current
Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill Committee
POI
 Bill 19 Apr 2017 Previous 5
0 current
Procedures Committee
PR
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 23
0 current
Procedures Committee
PR
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 25
0 current
Procedures Committee
PR
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 12
0 current
Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
PAPLS
 Mandatory 29 Sep 2016 Previous 32
0 current
Public Audit Committee
PA
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 15
0 current
Public Audit Committee
PA
 Mandatory 11 Dec 2008 Previous 17
0 current
Public Audit Committee
PA
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 43
0 current
Public Petitions Committee
PPC
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 24
0 current
Public Petitions Committee
PE
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 20
0 current
Public Petitions Committee
PE
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 20
0 current
Public Petitions Committee
PE
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 31
0 current
Public Petitions Committee
PPC
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 35
0 current
Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee
REF
 Bill 23 Oct 2012 Previous 21
0 current
Review of SPCB Supported Bodies Committee
RSSB
 Subject 13 Nov 2008 Previous 8
0 current
Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (Navigation and Fishing) (Scotland) Bill Committee
RR
 Bill 03 Oct 2002 Previous 7
0 current
Rural Affairs and Environment Committee
RAE
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 29
0 current
Rural Affairs Committee
RA
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 17
0 current
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
RACCE
 Subject 01 Jun 2011 Previous 37
0 current
Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
RAINE
 Subject 15 Jun 2021 Previous 18
0 current
Rural Development Committee
RD
 Subject 08 Jan 2001 Previous 24
0 current
Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
REC
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 36
0 current
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee
SF
 Bill 05 Dec 2002 Previous 7
0 current
Scotland Bill Committee
SCO
 Bill 01 Dec 2010 Previous 9
0 current
Scotland Bill Committee
SCO
 Bill 09 Jun 2011 Previous 18
0 current
Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme Committee
SPPS
 Subject 27 Jun 2007 Previous 6
0 current
Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Bill Committee
SPPB
 Bill 13 Nov 2008 Previous 6
0 current
Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Bill Committee
SC
 Bill 07 Mar 2002 Previous 9
0 current
Social Inclusion Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee
HS
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 17
0 current
Social Justice Committee
SJ
 Subject 08 Jan 2001 Previous 19
0 current
Social Security Committee
SSC
 Subject 01 Jun 2016 Previous 34
1 current
Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee
SSCS
 Bill 31 Oct 2019 Previous 8
1 current
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
SSBLRC
 Subject 05 Dec 2024 Previous 7
0 current
Standards and Public Appointments Committee
ST
 Mandatory 18 Mar 2005 Previous 13
0 current
Standards and Public Appointments Committee
ST
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 13
0 current
Standards Committee
ST
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 20
0 current
Standards Committee
ST
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 15
0 current
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
SPPA
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2016 Previous 49
0 current
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
SPPA
 Mandatory 28 Sep 2007 Previous 26
0 current
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
SPPA
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 39
1 current
Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee
SAK
 Bill 10 Sep 2003 Previous 7
0 current
Subordinate Legislation Committee
SL
 Mandatory 17 Jun 1999 Previous 22
0 current
Subordinate Legislation Committee
SL
 Mandatory 04 Jun 2003 Previous 21
0 current
Subordinate Legislation Committee
SL
 Mandatory 13 Jun 2007 Previous 30
0 current
Subordinate Legislation Committee
SL
 Mandatory 01 Jun 2011 Previous 21
0 current
Transport and the Environment Committee
TE
 Subject 17 Jun 1999 Previous 32
0 current
Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
TIC
 Subject 13 Jun 2007 Previous 24
0 current
Ure Elder Fund Transfer and Dissolution Bill Committee
URE
 Bill 26 Nov 2009 Previous 5
0 current
Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee
WAV
 Bill 21 Jan 2004 Previous 8
0 current
Welfare Reform Committee
WR
 Subject 25 Jan 2012 Previous 30
0 current
William Simpson`s Home (Transfer of Property etc.) (Scotland) Bill Committee
WSH
Bill 18 Mar 2010 Previous 5
0 current
Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee
WSD
 Bill 14 Jun 2017 Previous 5
0 current
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CC

Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill Committee

Type
Bill
Status
Previous
Active from
16 Jan 2003
Active until
26 Mar 2003

Members and how they've served

Ullrich, Kay Convener
28 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003
Craigie, Cathie Member
22 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003 · Held From: S1M-3790
Baillie, Jackie Member
16 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003 · Held From: S1M-3776
Gorrie, Donald Member
16 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003 · Held From: S1M-3776
McGrigor, Jamie Member
16 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003 · Held From: S1M-3776
McGugan, Irene Member
16 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003 · Held From: S1M-3776
Whitefield, Karen Member
16 Jan 2003 to 26 Mar 2003 · Held From: S1M-3776
Ullrich, Kay Member
16 Jan 2003 to 28 Jan 2003 · Held From: S1M-3776

Bureau motions naming this committee

Designation of Lead Committee 11 Feb 2026
S6M-20756
Designation of Lead Committee 12 Nov 2025
S6M-19658
Revision to Business Programme 09 Sep 2025
S6M-18786
Stage 3 Timetable 12 Jun 2024
S6M-13580
Stage 1 Timetable 08 Nov 2023
S6M-11144
Stage 2 Timetable 01 Nov 2023
S6M-11047

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