Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. 2. Document subject to parliamentary control: The Committee will consider the following: Draft statutory guidance on imprints for non-party campaigners at Scottish Parliamentary elections and council elections in Scotland (SG/2025/215) 3. Subordinate legislation: Emma Roddick to move—S6M-19488—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Draft statutory guidance on imprints for non-party campaigners at Scottish Parliamentary elections and council elections in Scotland (SG/2025/215) should not be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Absent Voting at Scottish Parliament and Local Government Elections (Signature Refresh) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2025 and the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/263) from— Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader, and Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer, Scottish Government. 5. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-19176—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Absent Voting at Scottish Parliament and Local Government Elections (Signature Refresh) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft] be approved. 6. Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Dr Ben Worthy, Reader in Politics and Public Policy, Birkbeck College; Dr Erin Ferguson, Lecturer in Law, University of Aberdeen; Professor Kevin Dunion; and then from— Juliet Swann, Nations and Regions Programme Manager, Transparency International UK. Alex Parsons, Senior Researcher, mySociety/WhatDoTheyKnow. 7. Code of Practice: The Committee will consider the Electoral Commission’s Code of Practice for non-party campaigners in Scotland.