| Post: | Clerk |
| Body: | the Scottish Parliament |
| Insigniasize: | 240 |
| Insigniaalt: | Logo of the Scottish Parliament |
| Incumbent: | David McGill |
| Incumbentsince: | 2019 |
| Department: | Scottish Parliament |
| Status: | Principal constitutional adviser to the House and Corporate Officer of the House |
| Seat: | Scottish Parliament |
| Appointer: | Scottish Parliament Corporate Body (de jure) |
| Formation: | 1999 first temporary appointment |
| Inaugural: | Paul Grice |
The clerk of the Scottish Parliament is the chief executive of the Scottish Parliament.[1]
The Clerk of the House is appointed by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.
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]
, the office is currently held by David McGill, [3]