Wednesday, 21 June 2000
Scottish Parliament Wednesday 21 June 2000 (Afternoon) [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 14:30]
We welcome to lead our time for reflection today Rev David Anderson, the general secretary of Evangelical Alliance Scotland.
Our first item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motions. I call Tom McCabe to move motion S1M-1029, which proposes the order of consideration of stage 3 of the Ethical...
Before we begin stage 3 proceedings, I will make the usual announcement about the procedures that will be followed. By now, members will be becoming familiar with them. First, we will deal with...
We move to amendment 2, which is grouped with amendments 16 and 17. I call Wendy Alexander to move amendment 2 and speak to the other amendments in the group.
We move to amendment 3, which is grouped with amendment 4. I call the minister—I had better say that and we will see who gets up—to move the amendment.
We move to amendment 5, which is grouped with amendment 6.
Amendment 6 moved—[Mr McAveety]—and agreed to.
We now come to amendment 7, which is grouped with amendment 8.
We come now to amendment 9, which is grouped with amendments 87 and 75.
We now come to amendment 10, to be moved by the minister.
We come now to amendment 76, with which are grouped amendments 77, 78, 11, 13, 12 and 79. I call the minister to move amendment 76 and speak to all the amendments.
We come now to amendment 14, which is to be debated on its own.
I call the minister to move amendment 15.
Amendment 79 moved—[Mr McAveety]—and agreed to.
Amendments 16 and 17 moved—[Mr McAveety]—and agreed to.
Amendments 82 and 83 moved—[Mr McAveety]—and agreed to.
Amendment 18 is in a group on its own. I call the minister to move it.
That brings us to an end of the first part of the timetabling motion. I note from the clock that we have done extremely well. To respond to Mr Morgan's earlier point of order, that means that we...
We move to amendment 19, which is grouped with amendments 20 and 21. I call Mr McAveety to move amendment 19 and to speak to all the amendments in the group.
We move to amendment 84, which is grouped with amendment 85.
Amendments 20 to 22 moved—[Mr McAveety]—and agreed to. Amendment 85 moved—[Mr McAveety].
We now come to amendment 89, in the name of Mr Brian Monteith.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-786, in the name of Wendy Alexander, which seeks agreement that the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Bill be passed. Members who...
There is only one question to be put at decision time today. The question is, that motion S1M-786, in the name of Wendy Alexander, which seeks agreement that the Ethical Standards in Public Life...
The final item is a members' business debate on motion S1M-882, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on the Edinburgh Folk Festival. The debate will be concluded without any question being put...
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