Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) is a body of the Scottish Parliament responsible for the administration of the parliament.[1][2][3] 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, but it was left to the Scottish Parliament to decide how the SPCB operates.[4] 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.[5] 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.[1][3]
Members
The SPCB is convened by the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and at least four other MSPs.[3]
Each member of the body takes on a specific portfolio.[6]
| Portfolio | Portrait | Member | Term | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convenor | .jpg) |
Kenneth Gibson MSP | 2026–present | Independent | |
| Finance and resilience | .jpg) |
Maggie Chapman MSP | 2021–present | Scottish Green | |
| Security and digital | .jpg) |
Jackie Dunbar MSP | 2026–present | SNP | |
| Parliamentary business and support |  |
Stephen Kerr MSP | 2026–present | Conservatives | |
| Officeholders and other Chief Executive Group matters | .jpg) |
Liam McArthur MSP | 2026–present | Liberal Democrats | |
| People and engagement |  |
Pauline McNeill MSP | 2026-present | Labour | |
| Facilities, events and sustainability | .jpg) |
Graham Simpson MSP | 2026-present | Reform UK | |
| 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 | Ken Macintosh | Convenor |
| Alex Johnstone | ||
| Gordon MacDonald | ||
| Liam McArthur | ||
| David Stewart | ||
| Andy Wightman | ||
| Jackson Carlaw | ||
| Sandra White | ||
| Kezia Dugdale | ||
| Rhoda Grant | ||
| Ruth Davidson | ||
| David Stewart | ||
| 6 | Alison Johnstone | Convener |
| Maggie Chapman | ||
| Jackson Carlaw | ||
| Claire Baker | ||
| Christine Grahame | ||
Officeholders
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:[9]
- 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 Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
The SPCB provides the budget for each of the above with the exception of the Auditor General for Scotland, which is considered directly by parliament. [10]
The SPCB is responsible for nominating the following posts to parliament:[3][9]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Scottish Parliament considering security guards for MSPs". Holyrood Website. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ↑ McKee, Rebecca (25 August 2022). "As the House of Commons begins to look at a new employment model for MPs' staff, we should look to other legislatures to see what we can learn from them". The Constitution Unit Blog. University College London. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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- ↑ Grice, Paul (Fall 2001). "GUEST ARTICLE - 'The Creation of a Devolved Parliament': An Overview of the Processes and Principles Involved in Establishing the Scottish Parliament". The Journal of Legislative Studies. 7 (3): 5–6. doi:10.1080/714003881. S2CID 153905593 – via Taylor and Francis.
- ↑ "Corporate Governance: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB): SPCB remit". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "SPCB Membership". The Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ "Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Organisation Membership By Session - Session 5" (PDF). 2021: 4.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - 1 2 "Corporate governance: Officeholders". Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22" (PDF). Audit Scotland. 6 June 2022. p. 26. Retrieved 28 December 2022.