Wednesday, 27 February 2002
Scottish Parliament Wednesday 27 February 2002 (Afternoon) [THE DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 14:30]
To lead our time for reflection this week, we welcome Father Brian Gowans, who is the chaplaincy adviser to the Scottish Prison Service.
Before we begin, I refer members to the announcements made in the business bulletin this morning on the handling of today's business. The first item of business is consideration of business...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-2779, in the name of Jim Wallace, on treating the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill as an emergency bill. The debate must be...
We have three Parliamentary Bureau motions to consider. The first is motion S1M-2795, in the name of Patricia Ferguson, to suspend standing orders. I refer members to the announcement in today's...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-2781, in the name of Jim Wallace, on the general principles of the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. The debate must be concluded...
The next item of business is consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Euan Robson to move business motion S1M-2801, which is a timetabling motion for stage 3 of the Marriage...
We move to stage 3 proceedings of the Marriage (Scotland) Bill. I shall dispense with the usual long preamble and simply remind members that they should have with them the bill as amended at...
Amendment 1, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 2. I call the minister to move amendment 1 and to speak to both amendments in the group.
We move to the next item of business, which is a debate on motion S1M-2780, in the name of Jim Wallace, which seeks Parliament's approval that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill be passed. I invite...
I open this meeting of the Committee of the Whole Parliament to consider stage 2 of the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. For the purposes of the meeting, the occupant of the chair...
This is an interesting trip through the procedures. The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-2782, in the name of Mr Jim Wallace, which seeks agreement that the Criminal Procedure...
The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Euan Robson to move motion S1M-2798, in the name of Patricia Ferguson, which is on the designation of a lead...
There are four questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that motion S1M-2780, in the name of Jim Wallace, which seeks agreement that the Marriage (Scotland)...
The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S1M-2597, in the name of Dorothy-Grace Elder, on the plight of chronic pain patients. Motion debated, That the Parliament...
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.
