Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 25 February 2020 [Draft]
25 Feb 2020 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Proposed Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Political Parties) Bill
The next item of business is a Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee debate on motion S5M-20752, in the name of Bill Kidd, on its proposal for a committee bill. All members who wish to participate in the debate should press their request-to-speak buttons. I call Bill Kidd to speak to and move the motion on behalf of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.
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In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)
NPA
The next item of business is a Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee debate on motion S5M-20752, in the name of Bill Kidd, on its proposal ...
Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)
SNP
The Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee was invited by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body last year to instruct and introduce a co...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call David Stewart to speak on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. 14:28
David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Lab
I believe that the last time that the Parliament discussed what we commonly refer to as Short money was on 2 June 1999—indeed, that was one of the first deba...
The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans (Graeme Dey)
SNP
I very much welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate, although—to the relief of members, I suspect—I propose to keep my contribution relatively sh...
Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Con
My thanks go first to the SPPA Committee’s clerking team for their continued work on the proposed bill. The proposal is relatively straightforward, and I wi...
Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I, too, welcome the proposal for a committee bill to move responsibility for setting the terms for funding non-Government political parties represented in th...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call Mark Ruskell to close the debate for the committee. 14:42
Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)
Green
As the deputy convener of the SPPA Committee, I am happy to close the debate. This has been a busy time for the committee, with both the Scottish Elections (...