Information between 14th September 2025 - 13th December 2025
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Kidron voted Aye and against the House One of 13 Crossbench Aye votes vs 0 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 47 Noes - 136 |
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Baroness Kidron speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Kidron contributed 3 speeches (1,256 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Baroness Kidron speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Kidron contributed 3 speeches (489 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Kidron speeches from: AI: Workforce Training
Baroness Kidron contributed 1 speech (129 words) Monday 3rd November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Kidron speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Kidron contributed 1 speech (643 words) 2nd reading Thursday 16th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Kidron speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Kidron contributed 2 speeches (664 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Baroness Kidron speeches from: Online Safety Act 2023: Virtual Private Networks
Baroness Kidron contributed 1 speech (173 words) Monday 15th September 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Artificial Intelligence: Procurement
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Monday 24th November 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support UK-headquartered AI companies and small and medium-sized enterprises in AI procurement strategy. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Government is taking several steps to support UK-headquartered AI companies and SMEs in procurement:
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Artificial Intelligence: Procurement
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Wednesday 26th November 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including advice about supplier diversity and small and medium-sized enterprise participation in procurement in the Artificial Intelligence Playbook. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) This government is committed to supporting SMEs and British business as much as possible including through procurement. The current edition of the AI Playbook for government contains broad advice for decision makers looking to procure effective, ethical and safe systems. Updates to Government guidance will have lines on how to adhere to the Procurement Act (2023) which came into force this year. The Act has specific provisions to encourage government procurement from small and medium sized by enhancing transparency and competition. |
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Artificial Intelligence: Procurement
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of their current spending on AI procurement goes to AI companies that are headquartered in the UK, and what proportion of those companies are small and medium-sized enterprises. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) DSIT does not collate spending on AI procurement across all government departments. Procurement decisions and tracking of associated costs, including those for AI tools and services, are the primary responsibility of each individual government department. The government remains committed to providing new opportunities for UK AI companies to scale and succeed. The government is going further and faster to reform our approach to procurement so that it can shape markets and manage demand, putting in place measures to identify, nurture and protect the UK’s high-growth modern Industrial Strategy sectors like AI. DSIT’s role focuses on fostering an enabling ecosystem, and supporting the growth of the UK's AI sector, including through initiatives such as AI Growth Zones and pledging up to £100million through the Advanced Market Commitment to help AI hardware start-ups gain a competitive edge and win customers alongside established vendors. |
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18 Sep 2025, 4:09 p.m. - House of Lords "speak to amendment 494, and also to give appreciation to Baroness Kidron who assigned my amendment. And also " Lord Holmes of Richmond (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 4:28 p.m. - House of Lords "said that, the second part of this is Baroness Kidron saying that there should be safeguards with it and " Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 4:29 p.m. - House of Lords "tech. So the balancing structure that Baroness Kidron puts forward is " Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron was very generous, I'm sure she and I spoke about filtering and monitoring. I " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 5:09 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron seek to regulate educational technology deployed in " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 5:12 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment 502YH tabled by Baroness Kidron, the amendment seeks to " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 5:17 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron referred to. It " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 6:36 p.m. - House of Lords "schools generally, I think it's interesting that I was looking at 502YH in the name of Baroness Kidron " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Sep 2025, 7:05 p.m. - House of Lords "Kidron not moved. Amendment 502 why I Baroness Kidron not moved. " Lord Young of Acton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Oct 2025, 12:55 p.m. - House of Lords "or enable these vile crimes. I commend the noble Lady Baroness Kidron for her earlier advocacy of " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Oct 2025, 3:11 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My noble friend, the Baroness Kidron for her work. And as they say back at you, I will be supporting your work. >> On. " Baroness Bertin (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Oct 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron respect orders are a substantial new power which gives police and authorities effectively " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Oct 2025, 6:24 p.m. - House of Lords "Benjamin and Baroness Kidron, the Lord Hampton, Lord Fox, the Earl of " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Oct 2025, 6:28 p.m. - House of Lords "that Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge Baroness Shawcross, Wolfson, Baroness Kidron Baroness Hogg Lord " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Oct 2025, 6:31 p.m. - House of Lords "deceased children from Baroness Kidron and the chat box issues. I've got new proposals on cyber digital " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Oct 2025, 12:48 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron and Lord Colville and others to to just understand " Lord Russell of Liverpool (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:35 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Ladies Baroness Benjamin Baroness Kidron, Baroness Sugg, Marinus Owen, my noble friend, Lady " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 4:39 p.m. - House of Lords "so many people when a Baroness Kidron described bots now doing that and the inability, it would " Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 3:58 p.m. - House of Lords "and supported by my noble friends Baroness Kennedy, Baroness Kidron, Baroness Benjamin and Lord Clement-Jones. These amendments " Baroness Bertin (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 4:10 p.m. - House of Lords "actions against these sites. My noble friend Baroness Kidron spoke brilliantly on this last week. I " Baroness Bertin (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 4:45 p.m. - House of Lords "amendments in this group so well put forward by Baroness Burt and Baroness Kidron, Baroness Kennedy and Baroness Benjamin. But I " Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords ">> It's a privilege to follow Baroness Burt and Baroness Kidron Baroness Benjamin Baroness Caine Kennedy Baroness Boycott, Baroness " Baroness Berger (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:05 p.m. - House of Lords "that very well, but I was very struck by what the noble Lady Baroness Kidron said, and asking ourselves if this is the normal " Baroness Sugg (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:19 p.m. - House of Lords "and as the noble Baroness Kidron and Baroness Boycott said, it's " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "speeches this evening from noble Baroness Burt Baroness Kidron Baroness Bennett Baroness Benjamin " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:38 p.m. - House of Lords "topic over the years. The noble Lady Baroness Kidron, for whom huge respect is due in this House and " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:37 p.m. - House of Lords "those include the noble Ladies, Baroness Kidron, Baroness Boycott, Baroness, my noble friend, Baroness " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 6:17 p.m. - House of Lords "Again, I refer back to to my noble friend Baroness Kidron. This must " Baroness Bertin (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "which, you know, Baroness Kidron could know more about really. I also believe an accreditation " Baroness Bertin (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 7:44 p.m. - House of Lords "Amendment 298 Baroness Bertin. Baroness Kidron. >> Just became. " Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 6:57 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Baroness Kidron when she said, lay the tracks ahead of the train or something like that. And today, " Baroness Gohir (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 7:23 p.m. - House of Lords "Shawcross Wolfson and the noble Lady Baroness Kidron, who was kind " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Monday 13th October 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Lord Toby Harris - Chair at National Preparedness Commission Captain (Navy) Juha Ravanti - Finnish Defence Attaché for UK and Ireland at Embassy of Finland Brigadier General Eero Rebo - Defence Attaché at Embassy of Estonia At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Lisa Hollins - Co-Chair at Voluntary & Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP) Steve Vincent - Strategic Manager at West Midlands Local Resilience Forum View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 20th October 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Rose Gottemoeller - Former Deputy Secretary General at NATO; and former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at US State Department Dr Marion Messmer - Senior Research Fellow, International Security Programme at Chatham House; and former Co-Director at BASIC At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Asoke Mukerji - Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations; and former Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK Will Todman - Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program at Center for International and Strategic Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 29th October 2025 9:30 a.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts At 9:45am: Oral evidence The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC - Attorney General at Attorney General's Office Rt Hon Darren Jones MP - Chancellor at Duchy of Lancaster View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 27th October 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Stephen Parkinson - Director of Public Prosecutions at Crown Prosecution Service Tom Little KC (First Senior Treasury Counsel) At 5:30pm: Oral evidence Sir Chris Wormald - Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service at Civil Service Matthew Collins - Deputy National Security Adviser at National Security Secretariat View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 3rd November 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Isabel Hilton OBE The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH - Former Governor, Hong Kong Nigel Inkster CMG - Former Assistant Chief and Director of Operations and Intelligence at MI6 At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Jonathan Hall KC - Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and Independent Reviewer of State Threats Legislation Lord Sumption OBE PC, FSA, FRHistS - Former Justice, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 17th November 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein CBE - Former Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security Deputy (2015-2021) and President at City St George’s, University of London Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt - Executive Chair & Co-founder at Open Data Institute, and Principal of Jesus College and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science at University of Oxford At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Sophia Gaston - Visiting Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and Founder and Lead at AUKUS Industry Forum Air Commodore (retd) Blythe Crawford CBE - Former Commandant of the Air and Space Warfare Centre and Director GRAIL (Generative Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Lethality) at Tiberius Aerospace Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Haydn Gaukroger OBE - Head of Capability Development at Syos Aerospace View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 1st December 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 15th December 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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16 Oct 2025
Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |
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Thursday 18th September 2025 9:30 a.m. 15th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 from— Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Scottish Government Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer, Scottish Government Jordan McGrory, Lawyer, Scottish Government 3. Subordinate legislation: Jamie Hepburn MSP (Minister for Parliamentary Business) to move—S6M-18103—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 be approved. 4. Cross-Party Group - approval of change of purpose: The Committee will decide whether to approve a change of purpose request from the Cross-Party Group on Deafness. 5. Work programme: The Committee will review its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 25th September 2025 9:30 a.m. 16th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Committee effectiveness (in private): The Committee will continue its consideration of a draft report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 9th October 2025 9 a.m. 18th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill (In Private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 2nd October 2025 9:30 a.m. 17th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Councillors) Regulations 2025 [draft], the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Commons) Regulations 2025 [draft], and the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Lords) Regulations 2025 [draft] from— Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Scottish Government Ailsa McKeever, Parliament and Legislation Unit, Scottish Government Iain Hockehull, Head of Elections Team, Scottish Government Jordan McGrory, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government 3. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-18743—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Commons) Regulations 2025 be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-18744—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Lords) Regulations 2025 be approved. 5. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-18745—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Councillors) Regulations 2025 be approved. 6. Consideration of guidance: The Committee will consider guidance on legislative consent. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 18th December 2025 9:30 a.m. 26th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. Complaint: (In Private) The Committee will continue its initial consideration of a report from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. 3. Complaint: Not before 10.15am.The Committee will announce its decision at Stage 3 on a report from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. 4. Complaint: (In Private) The Committee will consider its draft report. 5. Standing Order Rule Changes The Committee will consider a note by the Clerk. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |