Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) is a body of the Scottish Parliament responsible for the administration of the parliament. It also has a role in provision of services to commissioners and other statutory appointments made by the parliament.
Role
The SPCB is established by section 21 of, and schedule 2 to, the Scotland Act 1998. The SPCB considers and makes decisions on a wide range of issues to do with the running of the parliament including the property, staff and resources that the parliament requires in order to operate.[1] The corporate body administers the resources of the parliament as well as the budget of the parliament. It also considers the use of parliamentary facilities and is responsible for the staffing and security of the parliament.
Members
The SPCB is convened by the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and otherwise made up of at least four MSPs.[2]
Each member of the body currently takes on a specific portfolio.[3]
- Convener
- Ken Macintosh (Presiding Officer)
- Governance
- Ruth Davidson (Conservative & Unionist)
- Resources
- Liam McArthur (Liberal Democrats)
- Facilities
- David Stewart (Labour Party)
- Engagement and Information
- Sandra White (Scottish National Party)
- Business and Security
- Andy Wightman (Green Party)
Former members
| Session | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Steel | Convener |
| John Young | ||
| Robert Brown | ||
| Andrew Welsh | ||
| Des McNulty | Resigned December 2001 | |
| Duncan McNeil | Replaced McNulty | |
| 2 | George Reid | Convener |
| John Scott | ||
| Robert Brown | Resigned June 2005 | |
| Nora Radcliffe | Replaced Brown | |
| Andrew Welsh | Resigned January 2006 | |
| Kenny MacAskill | Replaced Welsh | |
| 3 | Alex Fergusson | Convener |
| Alex Johnstone | ||
| Tricia Marwick | ||
| Tom McCabe | ||
| Mike Pringle | ||
| 4 | Tricia Marwick | Convener |
| Liam McArthur | ||
| Linda Fabiani | ||
| Mary Scanlon | Resigned 2014 | |
| Liz Smith | Replaced Scanlon | |
| David Stewart | Resigned January 2015 | |
| John Pentland | Replaced Stewart | |
| 5 | Alex Johnstone | Resigned November 2016 |
| Kezia Dugdale | ||
| Jackson Carlaw | ||
Office holders
The Scottish Parliament is responsible for the appointment of several statutory positions for commissioners and senior public appointments. The parliament nominates individuals to the monarch, who formally appoints them to a post.
This includes the following posts:[4]
- The Auditor General for Scotland
- The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
- The Scottish Information Commissioner
- Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
- The chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission
The SPCB provides the budget for each of the above with the exception of the Auditor General.
The SPCB is responsible for nominating the following posts to parliament:[4]
See also
- Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Parliament Building
- Scotland Act 1998
- House of Commons Commission, a comparable committee of the British House of Commons
References
- "Corporate Governance: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB): SPCB remit". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- Scotland Act 1998 c. 46 s. 21(2)
- "SPCB Membership". The Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- "Corporate governance: Officeholders". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2014.