Wednesday, 20 December 2000
Scottish Parliament Wednesday 20 December 2000 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
Good morning. Our leader for time for reflection is Rev Alexander G Horsburgh, the Church of Scotland chaplain to the University of Stirling.
The first item of business is the consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motions. The first is S1M-1482, in the name of Tom McCabe on behalf of the bureau, which sets out the business programme....
The next item of business is a statement by Rhona Brankin, the Deputy Minister for Rural Development, on the fisheries council. As the minister will take questions at the end of the statement,...
We now move to stage 3 of the Transport (Scotland) Bill. I will make the usual announcement about the procedure that will be followed. First, we will deal with amendments to the bill, and in the...
As I said on 4 October during the stage 2 debate in the Transport and the Environment Committee, the purpose of inserting "the environmental, social and economic impact of the strategy" is to...
Amendment 8 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 9 is in the name of the minister and is grouped with amendments 10 to 16 and 20.
Amendments 15 and 16 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 17 moved—[Des McNulty]—and agreed to.
Amendment 18, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 19.
Amendment 20 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 21, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 22, 30, 34 and 35.
Amendment 23, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 61 and 62.
Amendment 60 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendments 61 and 62 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 63, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 24, 25 and 28.
Amendment 26, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 27 and 29.
Amendment 29 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 30 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
We now come to amendment 64, which is grouped with amendments 65 and 31.
Amendments 65 and 31 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
We now come to amendment 32, which is grouped with amendment 33.
Amendment 34 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 35 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
We now come to amendment 36, which is grouped with amendments 37 and 38.
We now come to amendment 67.
We now come to amendment 68, which is grouped with amendments 39 and 74.
I call David McLetchie to speak to amendment 69, which is grouped with amendments 40 to 44.
Amendments 40 to 43 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
Amendment 44 moved—[Sarah Boyack]—and agreed to.
I ask the minister to move amendment 45, which is grouped with amendment 46.
We now come to amendment 70, in the name of Robin Harper.
We pick up where we left off this morning. I call Donald Gorrie to speak to and move amendment 3.
We now move to amendment 48. I call the minister to move and speak to the amendment.
Amendment 49, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 51, in the name of Fiona McLeod.
The next amendment is amendment 50, in the name of Sarah Boyack.
We come to amendment 4, in the name of Bruce Crawford.
Amendment 54 moved—[Nora Radcliffe]—and agreed to.
We come to amendment 55, in the name of Sarah Boyack, which is grouped with amendment 56, also in the name of Sarah Boyack.
We come to amendment 5, in the name of Bruce Crawford.
I now call Sarah Boyack to speak to and move amendment 57.
Amendment 58 moved—[Des McNulty]—and agreed to.
Now, Mr McCabe, I would entertain a motion without notice to bring decision time forward to 4 o'clock.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-1425, in the name of Sarah Boyack, which seeks agreement that the Transport (Scotland) Bill be passed, and on one amendment to that motion....
We come now to consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S1M-1483, in the name of Tom McCabe, on the membership of committees. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees that the following...
There are three questions to put to the chamber today. The first question is, that amendment S1M-1425.1, in the name of Murray Tosh, which seeks to amend motion S1M-1425, on the passing of the...
The members' business debate is on motion S1M-1389, in the name of Cathy Jamieson, on home and community safety. Motion debated, That the Parliament congratulates East Ayrshire Council for...
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.
