Meeting of the Parliament 07 December 2022
Unless any member objects, I propose to ask a single question on the four Parliamentary Bureau motions. The final question is, that motions S6M-07122 to S6M-07124, on approval of Scottish statutory instruments, and motion S6M-07155, on suspension and variation of standing orders, be agreed to.
Motions agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 [draft] be approved.
That the Parliament agrees that the Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved.
That the Parliament agrees that the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2022 [draft] be approved.
That the Parliament agrees that, for the purposes of meetings of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee during December 2022, Rule 12.2ZA be suspended and replaced with—
1. Where a member who—
(a) has made a complaint about any of the matters set out in rule 6.4.1(b),
(b) is the subject of such a complaint, or
(c) has given evidence in the course of the Ethical Standards Commissioner’s investigations into such a complaint,
is a member of (or a committee substitute for) the committee considering this complaint, or any related question of sanctions or withdrawal of a member’s rights and privileges, that member shall not participate in that capacity in any such consideration by that committee.
Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.