The Commission on Parliamentary Reform was an independent group, established in October 2016 by Ken Macintosh, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
When the Scottish Parliament was set up in 1999, a Consultative Steering Group developed some of the parliamentary structures and procedures.
[5] In January the committee took evidence from two former Labour First Ministers Jack McConnell and Henry McLeish.
[7] John McCormick was announced as chair, ahead of his retirement from the Electoral Commissioner for Scotland in December 2016.
[1] The members nominated by their parties to sit on the commission are:[9] There were recommendations around the effective use of chamber time, included ceasing the practice of using scripted diary questions from party leaders to open First Minister's Questions (FMQs).