Changes to Standing Orders

That the Parliament approves the recommendations (a) for changes to the Standing Orders of the Parliament concerning the remit of the European Committee, private legislation, temporary conveners and the Journal of the Parliament contained in the Procedures Committee's 4th Report 2002, Changes to Standing Orders concerning the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, European Committee remit, Private Legislation, Temporary Conveners and the Journal of the Scottish Parliament (SP Paper 665), (b) of the Procedures Committee's 5th Report 2002, Constituting the Conveners' Group (SP Paper 682), (c) of the Procedures Committee's 6th Report 2002, Changes to Standing Orders concerning Written Parliamentary Questions and the Languages of Public Petitions (SP Paper 693) and (d) of the Procedures Committee's 7th Report 2002, A Change to Standing Orders concerning the remit of the Audit Committee (SP Paper 692) and agrees that these amendments to the Standing Orders should come into force on 6 January 2003.