Minutes: 02 May 2024

Thursday, 02 May 2024

11th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:04am

End time: 11:35am

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Published: Thursday, 02 May 2024

Committee Member attendees:

Also present:

Bob Doris MSP and Graham Simpson MSP (Agenda item 3)

Minutes

1. Declaration of interests:

Oliver Mundell MSP confirmed he had no relevant interests to declare.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.

3. Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

George Adam, Minister for Parliamentary Business,

Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader;

Angus Reid, Elections Policy Officer, Scottish Government;

Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer and

David Maclennan, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate.

Jackie Dunbar declared an interest as a local authority councillor with the City of Aberdeen Council until May 2022.

4. Instruments subject to negative procedure:

The Committee considered the following—

Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (Denmark) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/101)

The Committee agreed to make no recommendation in relation to the instrument.

5. Evidence Session (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.