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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 10 March 2016 [Draft]

10 Mar 2016 · S4 · Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Item of business
Annual Report 2015-16
Ferguson, Patricia Lab Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Watch on SPTV
Did he?

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The Convener (Stewart Stevenson) SNP
I welcome members to the sixth meeting in 2016 of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. As usual, I remind everybody to switch off the...
Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (Lab) Lab
Given that a complaint against a member is mentioned, I wonder whether, under the heading “Cross-Party Groups”, we should also mention that we looked at comp...
The Convener SNP
That is probably fair comment. If I recall correctly, we had two of those.
Patricia Ferguson Lab
Yes.
The Convener SNP
We can probably rely on the clerks to draft something that we would be happy with. The deputy convener and I can sign that off, if members are okay with that.
Patricia Ferguson Lab
That would be fine.
The Convener SNP
Is there anything else that anybody wants to say about the annual report? Patricia Ferguson can keep going if she wishes to.
Patricia Ferguson Lab
I will be slightly pedantic—surprise, surprise.
The Convener SNP
Please do so.
Patricia Ferguson Lab
Paragraph 10, on the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill, states: “A number of amendments were agreed to.” I cannot remember the number, but there did not seem to me ...
The Convener SNP
I am perfectly content with that. That is a factual statement of what happened. Interruption. I beg your pardon—the clerk is reminding us that Cameron Buchan...
Cameron Buchanan (Lothian) (Con) Con
Yes, I did.
Patricia Ferguson Lab
Did he?
The Convener SNP
Unfortunately, I have not brought my Lobbying (Scotland) Bill folder. We will check the veracity of that and make what the report says correct. Let us put it...
Patricia Ferguson Lab
I have a question. The “Engagement and innovation” section states that “a leaflet was produced which summarised” the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill. It states: ...
Joanna Hardy (Clerk)
The problem is that we are unable to compare that. I have thought about that, and the difficulty is that we have not really done a similar piece of work with...
Patricia Ferguson Lab
Okay. Fair enough.
The Convener SNP
So we will leave that as is.
Patricia Ferguson Lab
Yes. Absolutely.
The Convener SNP
If colleagues have nothing else to say, I invite members to agree that we are content with the report, subject to the discussions that we have had, and that ...
The Convener SNP
That ends the public part of the meeting. 09:34 Meeting continued in private until 09:46.