MSPs back recall system for Holyrood

MSPs back recall system for Holyrood

The Scottish Parliament should introduce a recall system, a cross-party committee has said, but there are “fundamental issues” with the current proposal.

Reform MSP Graham Simpson has been taking through his member's bill which would establish a process by which an MSP could lose their seat if subject to a successful recall petition.

The parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, tasked with scrutinising the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill, has backed its general principles at stage one of the legislative process.

However, the committee noted that there were

“fundamental issues that would need to be addressed”
in the bill, including practical arrangements and the complexity and cost associated with recalling regional MSPs.

Author's summary: MSPs support recall system for Holyrood.

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