Wednesday, 26 June 2002
Scottish Parliament Wednesday 26 June 2002 (Afternoon) [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 14:30]
To lead our time for reflection today, we welcome Dr Philip Newell, of the Church of Scotland, who is originally from Canada, as members will soon be able to tell.
The first item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Euan Robson to move motion S1M-3259, which is a timetabling motion on stages 2 and 3 of the University of St...
The second item of business is motion S1M-3252, in the name of Patricia Ferguson, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out the revised business for this week, and a provisional business...
We now come to the statement by the Minister for Finance and Public Services on budget revision. There will be questions at the end of the statement and therefore there should be no interventions.
We will now consider stage 2 of the University of St Andrews (Postgraduate Medical Degrees) Bill in a Committee of the Whole Parliament. Members should have a copy of the bill—SP bill...
As I said, amendment 1 is in a group of its own.
We must conclude stage 3 by 3.30 pm. As a result of the suspension of certain standing orders, there are no amendments for stage 3. Therefore, stage 3 consists only of a debate on motion...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-3248, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, on action on waiting and delayed discharge, and two amendments to the motion.
There are four questions to be put as a result of today's business. I am being gestured at to speak up, but if members would be quiet, they might be able to hear. The first question is, that...
The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S1M-3173, in the name of Trish Godman, on loan sharks. The debate will be concluded without any question being put. Motion...
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.