Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Scottish Parliament Wednesday 14 March 2007 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 10:00]
Good morning. Our first item of business is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is Father John Keenan, of the Catholic chaplaincy of the University of Glasgow.
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Last Thursday, Parliament voted to impose a sanction on Brian Monteith MSP on the recommendation of the Standards and Public Appointments Committee. Many...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S2M-5748, in the name of Margaret Curran, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of...
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill. Members should have with them SP Bill 68A as amended at stage 2, the marshalled...
Group 1 is on duties in relation to the promotion of health. Amendment 21 is the only amendment in the group.
Group 2 is on free school meals and snacks. Amendment 1, in the name of Tricia Marwick, is grouped with amendments 6, 22 to 24, 3, 4, 14 to 20, 25, 7, 26 and 9. If amendment 1 is agreed to,...
Amendment 26 not moved.
Group 3 is on the promotion of school breakfasts. Amendment 8, in the name of Rosemary Byrne, is the only amendment in the group.
Group 4 is on the protection of the identity of pupils receiving free school lunches. Amendment 27, in the name of Patrick Harvie, is the only amendment in the group.
The fifth group of amendments is on food and drink: guidance about sustainable development. Amendment 28, in the name of John Home Robertson, is grouped with amendments 29 to 31.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-5695, in the name of Hugh Henry, that the Parliament agrees that the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill be passed.
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. The Inshore Fishing (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Lorn) Order 2007 (SSI 2007/186) was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 7 March 2007....
The next item of business is consideration of motion S2M-5683, in the name of Scott Barrie, on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Bill Committee's second report of 2007, on appropriate assessment of...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-5685, in the name of Scott Barrie, that the Parliament agrees that the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Bill be passed.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-5719, in the name of Brian Adam, on behalf of the Standards and Public Appointments Committee, on its second report in 2007, which is on the...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S2M-5746, in the name of Margaret Curran, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to this week's business...
The next item of business is consideration of 11 Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Margaret Curran to move motions S2M-5733 to S2M-5743 inclusive, on the approval of statutory instruments....
I think that Mr Brocklebank wishes to make a point of order.
There are eight questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that motion S2M-5695, in the name of Hugh Henry, that the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition)...
The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S2M-5261, in the name of Rob Gibson, on the success of Scots trad music awards 2006. The debate will be concluded without any...
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.
