Thursday, 7 September 2000
Scottish Parliament Thursday 7 September 2000 [THE DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
The first item of business is consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Tom McCabe to move business motion S1M-1148, which is a timetabling motion in relation to today's stage 3...
We now move to stage 3 consideration of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill. I shall begin by making the usual announcement about the procedures that will be followed. Members...
Amendment 25, in the name of Jim Wallace, is designed to provide that surveillance that involves a device or person on residential premises or in a private vehicle, but which is targeted on...
We now come to amendment 27, which is grouped with amendments 28, 29, 67, 69, 71, 73 and 74.
Amendment 30 concerns an issue that I raised in the Justice and Home Affairs Committee, as the minister and committee members will recall. The minister wrote helpfully to me about the matter on...
We move to amendment 10, which is grouped with amendments 11 to 18.
Amendment 4 moved—[Michael Matheson]—and agreed to.
Amendment 33 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
We now come to amendment 34, which is grouped with amendments 42, 52, 54 and 57. The minister will move amendment 34 and speak to the other amendments in the group.
Amendments 35 and 36 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendments 37 to 44 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendments 45 to 51 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendment 11 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendment 12 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to. Amendments 52 to 54 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendments 13 to 16 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendments 55 and 56 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to. Amendments 17 and 18 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
Amendments 57 and 58 moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]—and agreed to.
We now come to amendment 59, which stands on its own. Phil Gallie will speak to and move amendment 59.
We move now to amendment 19, on authorisation for cancellation by deputy.
We now come to amendment 20, which is grouped with amendments 62, 21, 65 and 70.
We move to amendment 63, which is grouped with amendment 64. I invite Angus MacKay to move amendment 63 and speak to both amendments.
We now come to amendment 8, which is grouped with amendments 8A, 8B and 9. I ask Christine Grahame to move amendment 8 and to speak to all the amendments in the group.
Amendments 21, 65 and 66 moved—[Angus MacKay]—and agreed to.
Amendments 67 to 69 moved—[Angus MacKay]—and agreed to.
I call Angus MacKay to move amendment 22 and to speak to amendments 22 and 24.
Amendment 24 moved—[Angus MacKay]—and agreed to. Amendment 9 not moved.
Amendment 73 moved—[Angus MacKay]—and agreed to.
Amendment 74 moved—[Angus MacKay]—and agreed to.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to name the preferred bidder for the northern isles ferry services and when a formal contract is to be issued. (S1O-2159)
To ask the Scottish Executive how the effectiveness of the £25 million strategy to develop the creative industries in Scotland as drawn up as part of the Scottish Enterprise clusters plan...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve emergency dental services in Aberdeen. (S1O-2172)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the priorities for health boards and trusts of reducing waiting lists and improving service delivery to patients are compatible with meeting financial...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. (S1O-2156)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made regarding the implementation of the Sutherland report on long-term care for the elderly. (S1O-2192)
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation was carried out with the communities neighbouring Rosskill on the Black Isle before it was decided to conduct GM crop trials there. (S1O-2169)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants have been paid to convert motor vehicles to use liquid petroleum gas and whether it has set or will set a target for the number of such grants which...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to proceed with adding fluoride to Scotland's drinking water supplies and what the exact status is of any preparations for such fluoridation....
To ask the Scottish Executive why the national health service waiting lists in Tayside have risen by over 35 per cent during the past 12 months. (S1O-2176)
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve road safety on the A96 between Inverurie and Huntly in the light of the five fatalities that have occurred on that stretch of road in...
To ask the First Minister what issues were discussed at the last meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S1F-504)
To ask the First Minister whether he has any plans to reshuffle his Cabinet. (S1F-500)
To ask the First Minister what measures are being taken to ensure that Scotland works together with the rest of the United Kingdom in tackling drug trafficking and drug dealers. (S1F-514) On...
To ask the First Minister how the Executive will ensure that farmers and crofters in the Highlands and Islands get an adequate level of compensation for high transport, fuel and ferry costs under...
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Executive is taking to resolve the local government pay dispute. (S1F-498)
We now move to the debate on motion S1M-1136, in the name of Jim Wallace, which seeks agreement that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill be passed. I invite those who would...
We move to decision time. There is only one question to be put as a result of today's business. The question is, that motion S1M-1136, in the name of Mr Jim Wallace, which seeks agreement that...
The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S1M-1111, in the name of Irene McGugan, on the programme of action for Scots and Gaelic in the European year of languages....
The Scottish Parliament is the national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh. The Parliament consists of 129 members known as MSPs, elected for four-year terms; 73 represent individual geographical constituencies, and 56 are regional representatives.
