Date lodged: 12 June 2025
This page relates to the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill introduced in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024.
The text of the Bill can be found on the UK Parliament page .
Information about the progress of the Bill, including proposed dates for future meetings, can be found on that web page.
Legislative Consent Memorandum(s) lodged:
Memorandum from the Scottish Government (189KB, pdf) posted 12 June 2025
Lead committee: Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
S6M-18078 lodged on 23 June 2025
Meeting of the Parliament, 25 June 2025 (211KB, pdf) posted 26 June 2025
The correspondence the Committee sent and received related to this legislative consent memorandum.
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Legislative consent memorandum on the Absent Voting Bill LCM (UK Parliament legislation)
25 June 2025
Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, 25 June 2025
Read all the correspondence related to this legislative consent memorandum