Thursday, 25 May 2000
Scottish Parliament Thursday 25 May 2000 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
Good morning. The first item of business is motion S1M-887 on the Race Relations (Amendment) Bill, with an amendment to that motion. This will be a short debate, and I hope that members will...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-896, in the name of Ross Finnie, on "Rural Scotland: A New Approach", and two amendments to that motion. I call Ross Finnie to speak to and...
the next item is business motion S1M-904, in the name of Mr Tom McCabe. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business— Thursday 1 June 2000 9.30 am...
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to announce which of the initial bids for support from the modernising government fund have been successful at the initial stage of the process....
To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans now are for the future funding of councils for voluntary service. (S1O-1795)
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to ensure that all Scots achieve an acceptable minimum level of literacy and numeracy. (S1O-1783)
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the A76 road from Kilmarnock to Dumfries. (S1O-1793)
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer by Henry McLeish to question S1W-5907 on 2 May 2000, how much of the £4 million in regional selective assistance given to Kvaerner Energy...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the guidelines for genetically modified crop trial sites and in particular the exclusion distance between genetically modified and...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to monitor the role of social inclusion partnerships in meeting the needs and priorities of women. (S1O-1796)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making with the modernisation of government in Scotland. (S1O-1804)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is committed to reducing traffic growth and whether that will be a key objective of its draft transport bill. (S1O-1768)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the extent to which any public funding should be provided for the National Trust for Scotland's plans for the Glencoe visitor centre and...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any new proposals by the European Commission to reduce the size of the fishing fleet. (S1O-1758)
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most up-to-date plans are for upgrading the A1 and the Edinburgh city bypass. (S1O-01755)
To ask the Scottish Executive what the explanation is for the time taken by the health service funding authority and its health gains division to give notification of 2000-01 budgets for health...
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in increasing employment opportunities for disabled people. (S1O-01770)
To ask the acting First Minister when he next plans to visit the Westminster Parliament. (S1F-335)
To ask the First Minister when he next intends to meet the Prime Minister and what issues he plans to raise with him. (S1F-345)
To ask the First Minister what measures can be put in place to ensure that seed growers and distributors do not sell GM contaminated seed as non-GM seed. (S1F-346)
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Executive has issued any guidance about age discrimination to the public bodies for which it has responsibility. (S1F-339)
To ask the First Minister how he intends to consult on the implementation of the digital Scotland task force report. (S1F-355)
We come to the emergency question from Jamie McGrigor.
On a point of order. It is with some reluctance that I raise this point of order, which is on the consistency of rulings that have come from the chair during this afternoon's business. On a...
Let us get on with the debate.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S1M-861, in the name of Mr Jack McConnell, on a financial resolution on the Education and Training (Scotland) Bill. Motion moved, That the...
There are seven questions to be put. The first question is, that amendment S1M-887.1, in the name of Michael Matheson, which seeks to amend motion S1M-887, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on the...
We now move on to members' business. I ask members who are not taking part in the debate to leave the chamber quickly and quietly. The final item of business is a members' business debate on...
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