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: Alison Johnstone (Presiding Officer)^[4]
Business support and Officeholders: Maggie Chapman (Green Party)^[4]
Finance and organisation governance: Jackson Carlaw (Conservative & Unionist)^[4]
Digital services, resilience and sustainability: Claire Baker (Labour Party)^[4]
Engagement and communications: Christine Grahame (Scottish National Party)^[4]

Former members[]

Session	Member	show
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:^[5]

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:^[5]

Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
members of the Scottish Human Rights Commission
The Standards Commission for Scotland

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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Corporate governance: Officeholders". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Corporate Governance: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB): SPCB remit". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

[2] Scotland Act 1998 c. 46 s. 21(2)

[3] "SPCB Membership". The Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[Officeholders-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Corporate governance: Officeholders". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

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