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Conveners Group

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:

  • discuss issues affecting committees
  • communicate between the committees and other parts of the Parliament, like the Parliamentary Bureau and SPCB
  • look at how committees are working 
  • make recommendations to the Parliamentary Bureau about committee business in the Chamber
  • approve committee meetings taking place outside of Edinburgh
  • approve committee travel outside the UK

The rules about how the Conveners Group works are in Chapter 6A of the Standing Orders.

Strategic objectives

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:

  • help committees find ways to work together on issues of shared interest, including on scrutiny of issues relating to the UK having left the EU; and holding the Scottish Government to account for how it delivers on Net Zero targets
  • find improvements in how the views of everyone in Scotland can support better scrutiny by parliamentary committees
  • find ways to review laws that have been passed by the Scottish Parliament and whether they are working as intended
  • help Members access training and support so they can best fulfil their roles as Parliamentarians

More information about the Conveners Group's strategic priorities (325KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021

Next meeting

Details of the next meeting of the Conveners Group will be published here when available.

Get in touch

If you want to get in touch, you can contact Irene Fleming, the Clerk for the group.

Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP

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Facal-luirg

Tagh raon-ama Conveners Group

Facal-luirg

Liam McArthur

Convener

Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats

MSP for: Orkney Islands (Constituency)

Karen Adam

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)

Clare Adamson

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Motherwell and Wishaw (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Eastwood (Constituency)

Finlay Carson

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries (Constituency)

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)

Clare Haughey

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Rutherglen (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Greenock and Inverclyde (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Audrey Nicoll

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Constituency)

Douglas Ross

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: East Kilbride (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: South Scotland (Region)

Meeting papers and reports 

Meeting Papers and Official Reports

Meeting 26 April 2023

Agenda and papers will be published when available

Minutes will be published when available

Meeting 1 March 2023

Conveners Group agenda and papers (286KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023

Conveners Group minutes (44KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023

Meeting 22 February 2023

Conveners Group agenda and papers (201KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023

Conveners Group minutes (143KB, pdf) posted 10 May 2023

Meeting 25 January 2023

Conveners Group agenda and papers (473KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2023

Conveners Group minutes (134KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2023

Meeting 30 November 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (936KB, pdf) posted 09 February 2023

Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 09 February 2023

Meeting 28 September 2022

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

Meeting 21 September 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (236KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023

Conveners Group minutes (39KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023

Meeting 22 June 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (824KB, pdf) posted 28 June 2022

Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 23 September 2022

Meeting 25 May 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (947KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022

Conveners Group minutes (121KB, pdf) posted 28 June 2022

Meeting 27 April 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (853KB, pdf) posted 01 June 2022

Conveners Group minutes (77KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2022

Meeting 30 March 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (457KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022

Conveners Group minutes (84KB, pdf) posted 30 May 2022

Meeting 2 March 2022

Meeting with the First Minister: Official Report (240KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2022

Meeting 23 February 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (73KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022

Conveners Group minutes (330KB, pdf) posted 22 February 2022

Meeting 26 January 2022

Conveners Group agenda and papers (436KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022

Conveners Group minutes (77KB, pdf) posted 24 February 2022

Meeting 24 November 2021

Conveners Group agenda and papers (315KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022

Conveners Group minutes (96KB, pdf) posted 02 February 2022

Meeting 27 October 2021

Conveners Group agenda and papers (325KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021

Conveners Group minutes (171KB, pdf) posted 02 December 2021

Meeting 29 September 2021

Conveners Group agenda and papers (256KB, pdf) posted 29 September 2021

Conveners Group minutes (101KB, pdf) posted 01 November 2021

Reports

Correspondence

Parliament’s Committees and SPCB-supported officeholders

Letter to the Presiding Officer, 20 February 2023

Read the correspondence (74KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Net zero scrutiny arrangements

Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 15 December 2022

Read the correspondence (31KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Net zero scrutiny arrangements

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


Net zero scrutiny arrangements

Letter to Chris Stark, Chief Executive, UK Committee on Climate Change, 13 October 2022

Read the correspondence (70KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Net zero scrutiny arrangements

Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, 6 October 2022

Read the correspondence (78KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Inquiry on future practices and procedures

Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 6 June 2022

Read the correspondence (99KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Legislative Consent Memorandums

Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business to the Convener, 16 May 2022

Read the correspondence (115KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Legislative Consent Memorandums

Letter to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 27 April 2022

Read the correspondence (75KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


Legislative Consent Memorandums

Letter to the Minister for Parliamentary Business, 27 April 2022

Read the correspondence (76KB, pdf) posted 29 March 2023


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