Officials
The Assembly elects a Moderator to preside (see also the list of previous Moderators). The Queen is personally represented by a Lord High Commissioner, who has no vote.
The Assembly also has "members" separate from the Commissioners - mainly officials who sit at the clerks' table:
- The Principal Clerk who advises on church law and procedure;
- The Depute Clerk who records the minutes and assists the Principal Clerk
- The Procurator, the Kirk's chief legal adviser (always QC, a senior Advocate)
- The Solicitor, who also advises on legal issues
- The Convener and Vice-Convener of the Assembly's Business Committee
- The minutes recorder, who assists the Depute Clerk
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