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SUMMARY:4th Meeting\, 2026 (Session 7)
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DESCRIPTION:Select Committee: Standards\, Procedures and Public Appointmen
 ts Committee. The committee will meet at  9:15am at Committee Room 3 and w
 ill be broadcast on  www.scottishparliament.tv.\n1. Decision on taking bus
 iness in private:  The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in pri
 vate.\n2. Subordinate Legislation:  The Committee will take evidence on 
 — The Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local Government E
 lections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft]The Scottish Local 
 Government Elections (Election Agents\, Expenses and Publication of Inform
 ation) Amendment Order 2026 [draft] from—\n\nJamie Hepburn\, Minister f
 or Parliamentary Business and Veterans and Iain Hockenhull\, Head of Elect
 ions\, Scottish Government.\n\n\nLorraine Walkinshaw\, Lawyer\, Scottish G
 overnment Legal Directorate.\n\n3. Subordinate Legislation:  Jamie Hepburn
 \, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move— S7M-01085
 —That the Standards\, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recom
 mends that the The Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local 
 Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft] be ap
 proved.S7M-01086—That the Standards\, Procedures and Public Appointments
  Committee recommends that the The Scottish Local Government Elections (E
 lection Agents\, Expenses and Publication of Information) Amendment Order 
 2026 [draft] be approved. \n4. Subordinate Legislation:  The Committee w
 ill consider— The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local G
 overnment Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/251)T
 he Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2026 (SSI 2026/254)
 \n5. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth
  Citizens) Bill – Stage 1 evidence:  The Committee will take evidence fr
 om—\n\nRobert Nicol\, President\, Scottish Assessors Association.\n\n\nC
 hris Highcock\, Secretary to the Board and Depute Returning Officer for th
 e City of Edinburgh\, Electoral Management Board for Scotland.\n\n6. Repre
 sentation of the People Bill (UK Parliament Legislation) – evidence:  Th
 e Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-74
 \, LCM-S7-7\, LCM-S7-7a and LCM-S7-7b from—\n\nRobert Nicol\, Electora
 l Registration Officer\, Electoral Management Board for Scotland.\n\n\nPro
 fessor Toby James\, Professor of Politics and Public Policy\, University o
 f East Anglia UK.\n\n7. Review of evidence:  The Committee will review the
  evidence it heard under agenda items 5 and 6.\nFor further information\, 
 contact the Clerk to the Committee on [email protected]. View Source: htt
 ps://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/whats-on-and-watch-live/wh
 ats-on?dateFrom=10%2F1%2F2026
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