Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 17 March 2021
Thank you, Presiding Officer. We must stop meeting like this.
The third report to which I am speaking today recommends a permanent change to rule 6.9 on the title and remit of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee in standing orders. During the current parliamentary session, human rights was added to the remit of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee. The committee asked the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee to consider whether rule 6.9 should be amended permanently to extend its remit to include human rights.
Following consultation with the Justice Committee and the Parliamentary Bureau, the SPPA Committee agreed to propose that rule change. The revision proposed to rule 6.9 adds human rights to the name of the committee on a permanent basis and provides a definition of human rights for the remit.
I move,
That the Parliament notes the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s 4th Report 2021 (Session 5), Standing Order Rule Changes — Equalities and Human Rights Committee Remit (SP Paper 965), and agrees that the changes to Standing Orders set out in Annexe A of the report be made with effect from 12 May 2021.
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