Each committee in the Parliament has a convener. The Conveners Group is made up of all the conveners. It is chaired by the Presiding Officer or a Deputy Presiding Officer.
The Conveners Group meets regularly to:
The rules about how the Conveners Group works are in Chapter 6A of the Standing Orders.
This session, the group has agreed to focus on four areas where it feels it can bring improvements to the scrutiny role of the Scottish Parliament:
More information about the Conveners Group's strategic priorities (325KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021
Details of the next meeting of the Conveners Group will be published here when available.
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Irene Fleming, the Clerk for the group.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 358 5256
Post-d: ConvenersGroup@parliament.scot
X (previously known as Twitter): @scotparl
Tagh raon-ama Conveners Group
Convener
Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for: Orkney Islands (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Motherwell and Wishaw (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Eastwood (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Rutherglen (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Greenock and Inverclyde (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: East Kilbride (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Agenda and papers will be published when available
Minutes will be published when available
Conveners Group agenda and papers (286KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Conveners Group minutes (44KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (201KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Conveners Group minutes (143KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (473KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2023
Conveners Group minutes (134KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (936KB, pdf) posted 09 February 2023
Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 09 February 2023
Conveners group agenda and papers (92KB, pdf) posted 24 November 2022
Conveners Group Official Report (236KB, pdf) posted 05 October 2022
Watch the meeting on Scottish Parliament TV
Conveners Group agenda and papers (236KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023
Conveners Group minutes (39KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023
Conveners Group agenda and papers (824KB, pdf) posted 28 June 2022
Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 23 September 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (947KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022
Conveners Group minutes (121KB, pdf) posted 28 June 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (853KB, pdf) posted 01 June 2022
Conveners Group minutes (77KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (457KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022
Conveners Group minutes (84KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022
Meeting with the First Minister: Official Report (240KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (73KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022
Conveners Group minutes (330KB, pdf) posted 22 February 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (436KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022
Conveners Group minutes (77KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (315KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022
Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022
Conveners Group agenda and papers (325KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021
Conveners Group minutes (171KB, pdf) posted 02 December 2021
Conveners Group agenda and papers (256KB, pdf) posted 29 September 2021
Conveners Group minutes (101KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021
Conveners Group, 2021 (Session 5): Legacy Report
Legacy Report for Conveners Group
Letter to the Presiding Officer, 20 February 2023
Read the correspondence (74KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 15 December 2022
Read the correspondence (31KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport to the Convener, 1 November 2022
Read the correspondence (55KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter to Chris Stark, Chief Executive, UK Committee on Climate Change, 13 October 2022
Read the correspondence (70KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, 6 October 2022
Read the correspondence (78KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 6 June 2022
Read the correspondence (99KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business to the Convener, 16 May 2022
Read the correspondence (115KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 27 April 2022
Read the correspondence (75KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Letter to the Minister for Parliamentary Business, 27 April 2022
Read the correspondence (76KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023
Previous session information is held on the archive website.
Session 5 (Agenda, Papers and Minutes)
Session 4 (Agenda, Papers and Minutes)
Session 3 (Remit, Membership and Notes of Decisions Taken)