Wednesday, 13 June 2001
Scottish Parliament Wednesday 13 June 2001 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
We welcome to lead our time for reflection this morning the Rev Kenneth D Macleod, a minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland from the isle of Harris.
We now invite two new members to take the oath: the new member for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Mr Brian Fitzpatrick, and the new member for Banff and Buchan, Mr Stewart Stevenson. [ Applause. ]...
Our next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Euan Robson to move business motion S1M-2003.
We now come to stage 3 consideration of the Housing (Scotland) Bill. I do not think that I need read out the procedure—I hope that everybody is familiar with it.
Let us proceed with the first grouping. Amendment 14 is grouped with amendments 17 and 20.
I ask Mr Sheridan whether he wishes to press amendment 17.
Amendment 21 is grouped with amendments 152, 22, 2, 3, 4, 5, 23, 24, 25, 26, 192, 193.
Amendment 26 moved—[Jackie Baillie]—and agreed to. [Amendment 192 not moved.]
The timetable guillotine for groups 1 to 6 falls at 11.10 am, so we have just over half an hour in which to complete groups 4 to 6. Amendment 6 is grouped with amendments 27, 7, 28 to 30, 8, 32...
Amendment 35 is grouped with amendments 36, 37, 38, 153 and 39. If amendment 35 is agreed to, amendments 36, 37 and 38 will be pre-empted.
Amendment 154 moved—[Linda Fabiani].
Amendment 40 is grouped with amendments 41, 42, 43 and 44.
Amendment 193 not moved.
Amendment 151, in the name of Jackie Baillie, is grouped with amendments 45 to 51, 194, 52 to 56, 73 and 156.
Amendment 47 moved—[Tommy Sheridan].
Amendment 51 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 194 moved—[Robert Brown].
Mr Sheridan, do you wish to move amendment 53?
Amendment 55 not moved.
We continue our proceedings on stage 3 of the Housing (Scotland) Bill. Amendment 56 is hanging over from this morning. Amendment 56 not moved.
Amendment 59 is grouped with amendments 155 and 62.
Amendment 66 is grouped with amendments 67 and 69. Because of the short amount of time that we have remaining to us in this section of the debate, I ask the minister to move the amendment...
Amendment 70 is grouped with amendments 71, 195, 72 and 74.
Amendment 71 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to. [Amendment 195 not moved.]
Amendment 72 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 73 moved—[Tommy Sheridan].
Amendment 74 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 75 is in a group on its own.
Amendment 77 is grouped with amendments 9 and 13.
We move to what is perhaps one of the bill's most controversial aspects—the extension to housing associations of the right to buy. From the time of the bill's introduction, the matter has...
Amendment 81 is grouped with amendments 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168 and 169. I invite Bill Aitken to move amendment 81 and to speak to all the amendments in the group.
Amendment 157 moved—[Brian Adam].
Amendments 83 to 85 moved—[Jackie Baillie]—and agreed to.
Amendment 89 is grouped with amendments 90 and 91.
The minister will speak to and move amendment 95.
Amendment 96 is grouped with amendments 97, 102, 124 to 126, 129, 130 and 147.
Amendment 97 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 170 is in a group on its own.
Amendment 98 is grouped with amendments 99 to 101 and 103 to 123.
Amendments 100 and 101 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 102 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendments 103 and 104 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendments 105 to 120 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendments 121 to 123 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 124 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendments 125 and 126 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 127 is grouped with amendments 128, 196, 197, 137 and 146. They are all in Ms Hyslop's name.
Amendment 198 is grouped with amendment 131.
Amendment 199 is grouped with amendments 200, 172, 173, 201 and 202.
I call Linda Fabiani to move amendment 174.
Amendment 134 is grouped with amendment 175.
Amendment 137 moved—[Fiona Hyslop].
Amendment 179, in the name of Kenneth Gibson, is grouped with amendments 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 and 188.
Amendment 180 moved—[Mr Kenneth Gibson].
Amendment 184 moved—[Mr Kenneth Gibson].
Group 29 deals with improvement grants and the meaning of "tolerable standard". Amendment 10, in the name of Tricia Marwick, is grouped with amendments 140, 141, 11, 142, 143 and 144.
Amendment 185 moved—[Mr Kenneth Gibson].
Amendment 186 not moved. [Amendment 187 moved—[Mr Kenneth Gibson].]
Amendment 188 moved—[Mr Kenneth Gibson].
Amendment 189 moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to.
Amendment 12 is in a group of its own. Mr Gibson, do you wish to move amendment 12?
Amendment 146 moved—[Fiona Hyslop].
Amendment 147 moved—[Jackie Baillie]—and agreed to.
Amendment 13 not moved. Amendment 148 moved—[Jackie Baillie]—and agreed to.
I point out to members that if amendment 149 is agreed to, amendment 150 is pre-empted. Amendment 149 moved—[Jackie Baillie]—and agreed to.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-2000, in the name of Jackie Baillie, which seeks agreement that the Housing (Scotland) Bill be passed.
We come to decision time. There is only one question as a result of today's business. The question is, that motion S1M-2000, in the name of Jackie Baillie, which seeks agreement that the Housing...
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