Update to Standing Orders
Perth and Kinross Council · 17 June 2026
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Our vision is a Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality ___________________________________________________________________ Committee or Board: Perth and Kinross Council Date of Meeting: 17 June 2026 Report Title: Update to Standing Orders Report Number: 26/179 Report Author: Scott Hendry, Democratic Services Manager Organisational Lead: Lisa Simpson, Strategic Lead – Legal and Governance ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this report is to present members with a revised version of section 19 of the Council’s Standing Orders. 1.2 Sections 1. Purpose 2. Recommendations 3. Background/Context 4. Proposals 5. Conclusion 6. Impact Value Assessment 7. Appendices 2. Recommendations It is recommended that Council: 2.1 Approves the revisions to section 19 of the Standing Orders as set out in section 4.1 of the report. 3. Background/Context 3.1 The current Standing Orders of the Council are in place for the regulation of proceedings and business of the Council and its Committees / Sub- Committees.
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4 Proposals 4.1 In relation to section 19 of the Standing Orders, it is proposed to make the following clarificatory changes surrounding the process for elected members who are not members of committees to address the Committee. The specific clarification is in relation to both committee and non-committee members who wish to address the Planning and Placemaking Committee and provides that those elected members may engage as part of the deputations process. 19.9 Subject to 19.10 and 19.11 below, with the consent of the Convener, any Councillor who is not a member of the Committee may address the Committee for up to 10 minutes on any agenda item affecting their ward area. The Councillor shall speak after any deputations from members of the public and before Committee members question officers. The Councillor may not take part in questioning or debate, sit with Committee members after addressing the Committee, or vote on the matter. 19.10 Standing Order 19.9 does not apply to meetings of the Licensing Committee, Local Review Body, Review Sub-Committee of the Learning and Families Committee, or Appeals Sub-Committee of the Finance and Resources Committee. Councillors who are not members of these bodies are not permitted to speak. 19.11 In relation to the Planning and Placemaking Committee, any Councillor, whether or not they are a member of the Committee, may request to make a deputation on an item of business affecting their ward area. In accordance with the Protocol for Deputations set out in Appendix 2, the Councillor may speak for up to 5 minutes, after which members of the Committee may ask relevant questions. The Councillor may not thereafter question officers, take part in debate, sit with Committee members, or vote on the matter. Where the Councillor making the deputation is also a member of the Committee, they must leave the meeting after answering questions and may return only once that item of business has concluded. 5 Conclusion 5.1 Council is asked to agree to the clarificatory changes to section 19 of the Standing Orders as set out above.
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6. Impact and Value Assessment Not Applicable. 7. Appendices Not applicable.