[THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]

This morning we resume stage 3 consideration of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Bill, and the first item of business is motion S1M-4047, on a revised timetable.

Resumed debate.

• Section 167 — Treatment mentioned in section 165(3): patients incapable of consenting

  11 speeches

  The first group of amendments for consideration today is group 58. Amendment 655 is grouped with amendments 216, 217, 656, 657, 664 and 665.

Section 168 — Treatments given over period of time etc

2 speeches

Amendment 659 is grouped with amendment 660.

Section 169 — Treatment mentioned in section 168(3): patients refusing consent or incapable of consenting

Amendment 661 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 170 — Treatment not mentioned in section 162(2), 165(3) or 168(3)

2 speeches

Amendment 662 is grouped with amendment 663.

Section 171 — Urgent medical treatment

Amendments 664 and 665 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 174 — Sections 163, 164, 167 and 169: review of treatment etc

2 speeches

Amendment 666 is in a group on its own.

Section 175A — Named person: mental health officer's duties etc

2 speeches

Amendment 667 is grouped with amendments 77, 78, 99 and 103.

Section 176 — Meaning of "named person"

Amendment 78 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 177 — Nomination of named person

2 speeches

Amendment 79 is grouped with amendments 80 to 87 and 95 to 98.

Section 178 — Named person where no person nominated or nominated person declines to act

Amendments 80 to 82 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 179 — Named person in relation to child

Amendments 83 to 87 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 181 — Meaning of "nearest relative"

2 speeches

Amendment 88 is grouped with amendments 89 to 94.

Section 181A — Named person: application by patient etc

Amendment 94 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 181B — Named person: Tribunal's powers

Amendments 95 to 98 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 181C — Interpretation of Chapter

Amendment 99 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 182 — Advocacy

4 speeches

Amendment 14 is grouped with amendments 15 to 17.

Section 185 — Provision of information to patient

2 speeches

Amendment 668 is grouped with amendments 669 to 676.

Section 186 — Provision of assistance to patient with communication difficulties

Amendments 674 to 676 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 183 — Access to medical practitioner for purposes of medical examination

2 speeches

Amendment 677 is grouped with amendments 678 to 680.

Section 183A — Inspection of records by medical practitioner

Amendments 679 and 680 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

After section 183A

10 speeches

Amendment 681 is grouped with amendments 682 to 690, 719, 720, 726 to 728, 755, 732, 740 and 741.

Section 186A — Replacement of responsible medical officer etc

Amendment 691 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 187 — Advance statements: making and withdrawal

2 speeches

Amendment 18 is grouped with amendments 19 to 25.

Section 188 — Advance statements: effect

23 speeches

Amendments 21 to 25 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

After section 188

Amendment 101 not moved.

Section 189 — Education of persons who have mental disorder

Amendments 218 and 219 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 193 — Correspondence of certain persons detained in hospital

2 speeches

Amendment 56 is grouped with amendments 57 to 66.

Section 196 — Certain persons detained in hospital: use of telephones

Amendment 66 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 197 — Safety and security in hospitals

2 speeches

Amendment 10 is grouped with amendment 67.

After section 197

Amendment 692 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

After section 200A

2 speeches

Amendment 693 is grouped with amendments 694 to 700.

Section 201 — Cross-border transfer of patients

Amendments 694 to 700 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 198 — Removal from public place

2 speeches

Amendment 102 is grouped with amendments 701 to 703, 220, 704 to 708, 221 to 241, 711, 713 to 717 and 733.

Section 203 — Absconding etc by patients subject to compulsory treatment order

Amendments 701 to 703 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 204 — Absconding etc by other patients

Amendments 220, 704 to 708 and 221 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 205 — Taking into custody and return of absconding patients

Amendments 222, 709, 710 and 223 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 206 — Effect of unauthorised absence

Amendments 224 and 225 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 207 — Effect of long unauthorised absence ending more than 2 months before expiry of compulsory treatment order

Amendments 226 to 233 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 209 — Effect of unauthorised absence ending simultaneously with or within 14 days before the expiry of compulsory treatment order

Amendments 234 to 238 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 210 — Effect of unauthorised absence after expiry of compulsory treatment order

Amendments 239 to 241 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

After section 212

Amendment 711 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 214 — Offences under section 213: extended sentences

Amendment 242 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 215 — Persons providing care services: sexual offences

2 speeches

Amendment 757 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 216 — Notification requirements for offenders under sections 213 and 215

Amendment 243 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 217A — Inducing and assisting absconding etc

Amendments 713 to 717 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 219 — Appeal to sheriff principal against certain decisions of the Tribunal

2 speeches

Amendment 718 is grouped with amendments 244 to 247, 721 to 725, 249, 729 and 730.

Section 221 — Appeals to Court of Session against decisions made under section 133

Amendments 721 to 723, 248, 724 to 727, 249 and 728 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 222 — Appeal by Scottish Ministers under section 221: suspension of Tribunal's decision

Amendments 729 and 730 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 225 — Orders, regulations and rules

Amendments 755 and 731 to 733 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 228 — Interpretation

16 speeches

Amendments 734 and 735 moved—[Mrs Mary Mulligan]—and agreed to.

Section 228A — Supplementary provisions etc

Amendment 739 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Section 230 — Transitional provisions etc

4 speeches

Amendment 250 is grouped with amendment 272.

Section 231 — Short title and commencement

Amendment 740 moved—[Mary Scanlon]—and agreed to. Amendments 11 and 12 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to. Amendment 741 moved—[Mary Scanlon]—and agreed to.

Schedule 2 — The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland

2 speeches

Amendment 104 is grouped with amendment 68.

After schedule 2

Amendment 251 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Schedule 3 — Minor and Consequential Amendments

4 speeches

Amendments 252 to 260 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

Schedule 4 — Repeals and Revocations

Amendments 752 and 753 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

After schedule 4

1 speech

Amendment 272 moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]—and agreed to.

We are ahead of time, so I propose to suspend this meeting of Parliament.

Before we begin this afternoon's proceedings, I invite members to give a welcome to Mr Speaker Ssekandi and colleagues from the Parliament of Uganda. [ Applause. ] Also before we begin, I have a...

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• Fallen Stock (Disposal)

  10 speeches

  To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in developing a national disposal scheme for fallen stock. (S1O-6679)

E-health

4 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of its e-health plan. (S1O-6684)

Mental Health (Elderly People)

8 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that elderly people with mental health problems receive the care and support that they require. (S1O-6658)

Anti-social Behaviour (Community Wardens)

6 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive how initiatives such as community warden schemes can help to tackle anti-social behaviour. (S1O-6687)

Health Funding

8 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding under the Arbuthnott formula is being used to address poverty, deprivation and access to national health service care and treatment. (S1O-6664)

Joint Future Agenda

4 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in taking forward the joint future agenda. (S1O-6677)

School Buildings

13 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to further improve school buildings and ensure that pupils have a modern learning environment. (S1O-6688)

Red Squirrels (Parapox Virus)

6 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive what immediate action it will take to prevent the spread of the parapox virus from the identified outbreak in Sefton, Merseyside, into the Scottish red squirrel...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet representatives of universities. (S1O-6686)

• Planning Guidelines (Opencast Mines and Landfill)

  6 speeches

  To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to alter planning guidelines for local authorities on opencast mining and landfill. (S1O-6681)

Renewable Energy (Zonal Charges)

5 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets and Her Majesty's Government about the impact of proposed zonal charges for transmission...

A76 (Sanquhar to Kirkconnel)

6 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to deal with traffic issues on the A76 between Sanquhar and Kirkconnel. (S1O-6698)

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Meetings)

8 speeches

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and what matters were discussed. (S1O-6694)

• Cabinet (Meetings)

  11 speeches

  To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S1F-2608)

Prime Minister (Meetings)

6 speeches

To ask the First Minister when he next plans to meet the Prime Minister and what issues he intends to raise. (S1F-2617)

Armed Forces (Family Support)

12 speeches

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive is taking to support families of servicemen and servicewomen based in the gulf area. (S1F-2613)

Firefighters' Dispute

10 speeches

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive is taking to find a solution to the firefighters' dispute. (S1F-2622)

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Is not it the case that, as the Lord Advocate is an Executive minister with collective responsibility, he cannot act independently on matters that involve...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-4024, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, that the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Bill be passed.

We now have two brief items of business. The first is consideration of motion S1M-4022, in the name of Jim Wallace, on the Sexual Offences Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. I call the...

We move to consideration of a second Sewel motion—motion S1M-4023, in the name of Iain Gray, on the Railways and Transport Safety Bill. I invite Lewis Macdonald to move it. Motion moved,...

The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. Mr Robson may take his time in moving them. [ Interruption. ]

We will have to move decision time forward.

There are six questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that amendment S1M-4024.1, in the name of Shona Robison, which seeks to amend motion S1M-4024, in the...

The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S1M-3897, in the name of Kenny Gibson, on a suicide emergency telephone hotline. Motion debated, That the Parliament notes...