Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 19 March 2026 [Draft]
19 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Question Time
Pastoral Support (Members)
The pastoral element was the most important element of the support that the committee called for. The committee has received substantial evidence on the importance of pastoral support throughout the session. I welcome the corporate body’s offer to engage with our successor committee on the matter, but does Jackson Carlaw agree that specialist knowledge in respect of MSP complaints must be a prerequisite for anyone who advises members who are the subject of such a complaint, given that it is an almost unique situation?
In the same item of business
7. Martin Whitfield (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what its response is to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee announcement on pastoral...
Jackson Carlaw (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body)
Con
It is harder to be succinct in response to that question, Presiding Officer.The corporate body noted with interest the Standards, Procedures and Public Appoi...
Martin Whitfield
Lab
The pastoral element was the most important element of the support that the committee called for. The committee has received substantial evidence on the impo...
Jackson Carlaw
Con
Yes, I think that we can agree on that. I hope that such matters will be properly explored further when the corporate body is able to engage with the success...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
We can squeeze in question 8, if the questions and answers are brief.