Wednesday, 6 February 2002
[THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 14:30]
It is a great pleasure to welcome to his own home the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Rev John Miller, to lead our time for reflection today.
I ask Euan Robson to move motion S1M-2706, which is the timetabling motion for this afternoon. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees that, at Stage 3 of the Community Care and Health...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I refer to today's announcement by the Scottish Executive of the new appointees to the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board, to which Mrs Christine Davis CBE...
We come to stage 3 proceedings on the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Bill. I will make my usual announcement about the procedures that are to be followed. We will deal first with amendments...
Amendment 1 is grouped with amendments 2 to 17. I invite the minister to move amendment 1 and speak to the other amendments in the group. Members who wish to speak in this part of the debate...
The next amendment for debate is amendment 18, in the name of Shona Robison, which is in a group on its own.
Amendment 2 moved—[Hugh Henry]—and agreed to.
Amendment 19, in the name of Janis Hughes, is grouped with amendments 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F and 19G.
Amendment 3 moved—[Hugh Henry]—and agreed to.
Amendments 4 to 6 moved—[Hugh Henry]—and agreed to.
Amendment 7 moved—[Hugh Henry]—and agreed to.
Amendments 8 to 15 moved—[Hugh Henry]—and agreed to.
Amendments 16 and 17 moved—[Hugh Henry]—and agreed to.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-2678, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, which seeks agreement that the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Bill be passed.
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S1M-2705, on the designation of lead committees. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees the following designation of...
Before we come to decision time, there is an issue to be addressed on the point of order that was raised this afternoon by Fiona Hyslop, in which she asked the Presiding Officer whether he would...
There are two questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that motion S1M-2678, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, on the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Bill,...
The final item of business is Stewart Stevenson's motion S1M-2363, on HM Prison Peterhead and beacon site status. Motion debated, That the Parliament congratulates HM Prison Peterhead on becoming...
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.
