Establishment and Membership of Committees

The motion

That the Parliament shall establish committees of the Parliament as follows—

Name of Committee: Audit
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.7
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.
Membership: Rhona Brankin, Susan Deacon, Robin Harper, Margaret Jamieson, George Lyon, Mr Kenny MacAskill, Mr Brian Monteith

Name of Committee: Equal Opportunities
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.9
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party.
Membership: Shiona Baird, Frances Curran, Marlyn Glen, Marilyn Livingstone,
Campbell Martin, Mrs Nanette Milne, Cathy Peattie, Mr Keith Raffan, Elaine
Smith

Name of Committee: European and External Relations
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.8
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Labour Party.
Membership: Dennis Canavan, Mrs Margaret Ewing, Phil Gallie, Mr John Home
Robertson, Gordon Jackson, Richard Lochhead, Mr Alasdair Morrison, Irene Oldfather, Mr Keith Raffan

Name of Committee: Finance
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.6
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.
Membership: Ms Wendy Alexander, Mr Ted Brocklebank, Fergus Ewing, Kate Maclean, Des McNulty, Mr Jim Mather, Dr Elaine Murray, Mr Jeremy Purvis,
John Swinburne

Name of Committee: Public Petitions
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.10
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Labour Party and the
Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Party.
Membership: Jackie Baillie, Helen Eadie, Linda Fabiani, Carolyn Leckie, Michael McMahon, John Farquhar Munro, John Scott, Mike Watson, Ms Sandra White

Name of Committee: Procedures
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.4
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrat
Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Labour Party.
Membership: Mr Richard Baker, Mark Ballard, Bruce Crawford, Cathie Craigie,
Karen Gillon, Mr Jamie McGrigor, Iain Smith

Name of Committee: Standards
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.5
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Labour Party.
Membership: Bill Butler, Alex Fergusson, Donald Gorrie, Mr Kenneth Macintosh, Tricia Marwick, Alex Neil, Karen Whitefield

Name of Committee: Subordinate Legislation
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.11
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Labour Party and the
Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Socialist Party.
Membership: Gordon Jackson, Dr Sylvia Jackson, Mr Stewart Maxwell,
Christine May, Mike Pringle, Murray Tosh

Name of Committee: Communities
Remit: To consider and report on matters relating to anti-social behaviour, housing and area regeneration, poverty, voluntary sector issues, charity law and religious and faith organisations and matters relating to the land use planning system and building standards and such other matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Communities.
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party.
Membership: Cathie Craigie, Donald Gorrie, Patrick Harvie, Johann Lamont,
Maureen Macmillan, Campbell Martin, Mary Scanlon, Elaine Smith, Stewart
Stevenson

Name of Committee: Education
Remit: To consider and report on matters relating to school and pre-school education and social work and such other matters relating to young people as fall within the responsi

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

1. S2M-00107.1
   Establishment and Membership of Committees

   Tommy Sheridan SSP Lodged 4 Jun 2003
   No recorded vote

LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-00107 by reference.