Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 17 March 2021
17 Mar 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Standing Order Rule Changes (Equalities and Human Rights Committee Remit)
I welcome the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s report, which recommends that the remit of the mandatory Equalities Committee is permanently extended to include human rights. A vote in favour of the motion tonight will see the fulfilment of the committee’s recommendation on that in its 2018 report, “Getting Rights Right: Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament”.
It is important that human rights has a sustained long-term focus to ensure that the Parliament continues to develop its human rights practice and to strengthen its role as a human rights guarantor. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the need for that into sharp focus. The motion is welcome and timely.
In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)
NPA
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24374, in the name of Bill Kidd, on the remit of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee. 18:15
Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)
SNP
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...
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP)
SNP
I welcome the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s report, which recommends that the remit of the mandatory Equalities Committee is perm...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.