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Bureau Motion · S4M-12011 · Session 4

Committee Membership

Lodged by Joe FitzPatrick SNP Lodged 8 Jan 2015 Debate 8 Jan 2015

The motion

That the Parliament agrees that—

Mark Griffin be appointed to replace Neil Bibby as a member of the Education and Culture Committee;

Siobhan McMahon be appointed to replace Jayne Baxter as a member of the Education and Culture Committee;

Anne McTaggart be appointed to replace Alex Rowley as a member of the European and External Relations Committee;

Lewis Macdonald be appointed to replace Richard Baker as a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee;

Johann Lamont be appointed to replace Margaret McDougall as a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee;

Jayne Baxter be appointed to replace Siobhan McMahon as a member of the Equal Opportunities Committee;

David Stewart be appointed to replace Mark Griffin as a member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee;

Jayne Baxter be appointed to replace John Pentland as a member of the Justice Committee;

Drew Smith be appointed to replace Ken Macintosh as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

Paul Martin be appointed to replace Hugh Henry as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

John Pentland be appointed to replace David Stewart as a member of the Public Petitions Committee;

Sarah Boyack be appointed to replace Cara Hilton as a member of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee;

Margaret McDougall be appointed to replace Ken Macintosh as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee;

Cara Hilton be appointed to replace Anne McTaggart as a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee;

Duncan McNeil be appointed to replace Drew Smith as a member of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee;

Richard Baker be appointed to replace Michael McMahon as a member of the Finance Committee;

Patricia Ferguson be appointed to replace Cara Hilton as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee; and

Hanzala Malik be appointed to replace Anne McTaggart as a member of the Public Petitions Committee.

Vote

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.

Supporters

No MSP has added their name to this motion.

In the Official Report

2 contributions mention S4M-12011
  1. 8 Jan 2015
    Parliamentary Bureau Motions
    Elaine Smith Lab Meeting of the Parliament

    The next item of business is consideration of four Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motions S4M-12011 and S4M-12012 on committee membership and motions S4M-12013 and S4M-12014 on substitution on committees, en bl…

  2. 8 Jan 2015
    Decision Time
    Elaine Smith Lab Meeting of the Parliament

    I propose to ask a single question on motions S4M-12011 to S4M-12014, on committee membership and substitution on committees. If any member objects to a single question being put, they should say so now. As no member objects, the next ques…