The clerk of the Scottish Parliament is the chief executive of the Scottish Parliament.[1]
Appointment
The Clerk of the House is appointed by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.[1]
Duties
The Clerk of the Scottish Parliament is the principal constitutional adviser to the house, and adviser on all its procedure and business, and frequently appears before select and joint committees examining constitutional and parliamentary matters. As with all the members of the House Service, he is politically entirely impartial and is not a civil servant. Their duties include:
providing advice to the Presiding Officer and deputies, signing the accounts of the Parliament; chairing Senior Executive Team meetings; attending Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Bureau meetings in an advisory capacity.[2]
Incumbent
As of October 2019[update], the office is currently held by David McGill, [3]
^Scottish Parliament. "Clerk / Chief Executive (CE)". Scottish Parliament. Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 24 June 2024. His duties include: providing advice to the Presiding Officer and deputies; signing the accounts of the Parliament; chairing Senior Executive Team meetings; attending Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Bureau meetings in an advisory capacity
^Davidson, Jenni (1 November 2019). "New chief executive takes the reins at the Scottish Parliament". Holyrood. Total Politics Group. Retrieved 23 June 2024. David McGill took up the post of clerk and chief executive Scottish Parliament this week after being appointed earlier in October.
