Meeting of the Parliament 19 March 2026 [Draft]
I believe that the Deputy Presiding Officer is fully aware that the committee that will follow the present Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, which had its final meeting today, would be open to any such recommendation.
The vote tonight is on a proposed standing order rule change that will amend rule 6.3 and insert after rule 11.10A rule 11.10B, which provides for the election of subject and mandatory committee conveners. Members will be making a decision on the proposal that, starting at the start of the next session, conveners should be elected in the way that is outlined in our report and in the proposed amendments to standing orders. The final part of what we are recommending is that the operation of the proposed system of elected conveners be reviewed not later than halfway through the next session.
With that, I rest.
I move,
That the Parliament notes the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s 8th Report, 2026 (Session 6), Standing Orders rule changes – Elected Conveners (SP Paper 1033), and agrees that the changes to Standing Orders set out in Annexe A of the report be made with effect from 11 May 2026.