Meeting of the Parliament 29 September 2016
The next item of business is consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S5M-01693, on names and remits of mandatory committees.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees, under Rule 6.1, that the names and remits of the following mandatory committees be amended—
Name of Committee: Finance Committee
New name: Finance and Constitution Committee
Remit: To the remit set out in Rule 6.6 shall be added—
Constitutional matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
Name of Committee: Public Audit Committee
New name: Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
Remit: To the remit set out in Rule 6.7 shall be added—
Post-legislative scrutiny
Name of Committee: European and External Relations Committee
New name: Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee
Remit: To the remit set out in Rule 6.8 shall be added—
Culture and tourism matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Relations
Name of Committee: Equal Opportunities Committee
New name: Equalities and Human Rights Committee
Remit: To the remit set out in Rule 6.9 shall be added—
Human rights, including Convention rights (within the meaning of section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998) and other human rights contained in any international convention, treaty or other international instrument ratified by the United Kingdom.—[Joe Fitzpatrick]
Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.