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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 6 July 2025
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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Ethical Standards Commissioner

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

That is great.

I forgot to ask one thing about recruitment. For context, how many staff do you have?

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Cross-Party Group

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

I have just a very brief question. I was intrigued to see one of the deputy conveners—Stéphane Pailler—listed as “Honorary”. I have never seen that before. I am looking at the convener. Is that acceptable? Obviously, he is not an elected member.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Cross-Party Group

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

That is fine. I just had not seen “Honorary” listed before.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Cross-Party Group

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

I agree with Joe. Daniel Johnson was realistic in what he said, and I am satisfied with his answers. On reflection, I think that, in the light of Brexit, it is important that we maintain relations with other European countries, and France is a very important one. I am content for the CPG to go ahead.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Ethical Standards Commissioner

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

Good morning, commissioner. I really like your idea of the public portal—it is a super idea.

I want to ask you a wee bit about funding and governance. I am intrigued to know the reasons for your handing back £50,000 to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body in February 2024. I am sure that the SPCB was very grateful. Will you expand on that decision?

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Ethical Standards Commissioner

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

I presume that they assessed how user friendly the system was for people. It is all very well being super technical but, if people do not understand the website or cannot access it, that is a problem. I am sure that that would have gone into the evaluation.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Ethical Standards Commissioner

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

Does that take in formats for the visually impaired, BSL and translation?

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Ethical Standards Commissioner

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

That leads on to my next question, which is about the contractor—I think that you said that it was called Leading Kind. It was contracted to assist with diversity policies—is that correct?

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Ethical Standards Commissioner

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

Sorry—did you say 19 or 90?

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Cross-Party Group

Meeting date: 16 January 2025

Rona Mackay

You mentioned the overlap between Europe and your proposed group. Do you think that a merger of the geographic groups would be preferable, or would you rather keep the focus purely on France?