Thursday, 4 February 2010
Scottish Parliament Thursday 4 February 2010 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:00]
Good morning. The first item of business today is consideration of business motion S3M-5671, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a timetable for...
The next item of business is stage 3 of the Marine (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with amendments, members should have the bill as amended at stage 2—that is, SP bill 25A; the marshalled list,...
We come to group 1. Amendment 101, in the name of Peter Peacock, is grouped with amendments 2 and 5.
Amendment 2 moved—[Peter Peacock]—and agreed to.
Amendment 102, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendments 6, 103, 23, 91 and 92.
Amendment 23 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendment 24, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendments 104, 25, 105, 106, 42 and 43.
Amendment 106 moved—[Robin Harper].
We come to group 4. Amendment 26, in the name of the cabinet secretary, is grouped with amendments 69, 84, 97 and 98.
We come to group 5. Amendment 107, in the name of Karen Gillon, is grouped with amendments 27, 108 and 112.
We come to group 6. Amendment 109, in the name of Karen Gillon, is grouped with amendments 28 to 31 and 8 to 12.
Amendments 29 to 31 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendments 8 to 12 moved—[Liam McArthur]—and agreed to.
We come to group 7. Amendment 32, in the name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with amendments 110 and 33.
Amendment 110 not moved. Amendment 33 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
We come to group 8. Amendment 13, in the name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with amendments 14, 15, 111, 34 and 35.
Amendment 34 moved—[Liam McArthur]—and agreed to. Amendment 35 moved—[Liam McArthur].
Amendment 112 not moved.
Group 9 is on marine licensing: exemptions specified by order. Amendment 16, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendments 17 to 19.
Group 10 is on marine licensing: electricity works. Amendment 113, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendment 44.
Group 11 is on marine licensing: appeals against decisions and notices. Amendment 36 is grouped with amendments 37 to 40, 47 to 49 and 93 to 96.
Amendment 39 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendment 40 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Group 12 is on marine licensing: fish farming. Amendment 41, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendment 22.
Group 13 is on marine licensing: registration of licensing information. Amendment 45, in the name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with amendment 46.
Amendments 47 to 49 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendment 22 not moved.
Group 14 is on marine protected areas: designation and review of achievement of objectives. Amendment 20, in the name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with amendments 50 to 53, 3, 54 to 56, 114, 57,...
Amendments 50 and 51 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to. Amendment 52 moved—[Liam McArthur].
Amendment 55 moved—[Elaine Murray]—and agreed to.
Amendment 56 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to. Amendment 114 not moved.
Amendment 57 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to. Amendment 4 moved—[Peter Peacock]—and agreed to.
Amendment 21 not moved. Amendment 115 moved—[Robin Harper].
Amendment 60 moved—[Liam McArthur].
We move to group 15. Amendment 61, in the name of the cabinet secretary, is grouped with amendments 62 to 65.
Amendment 65 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
We move to group 16. Amendment 66, in the name of the cabinet secretary, is grouped with amendments 67, 116, 117 and 68.
Amendment 116 moved—[Karen Gillon].
Amendment 68 moved—[Liam McArthur].
We move to group 17. Amendment 118 is in the name of Kenny Gibson.
Amendment 69 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Group 18 is on reports to Parliament on marine protected area designation. Amendment 70, in the name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with amendment 71.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28083 by Shona Robison on 29 October 2009, when it will issue its final guidance on social care procurement. (S3O-9363)
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being considered to increase support available to male victims of domestic abuse and their children. (S3O-9413)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider encouraging users of public service vehicles to share fuel depots and fuel management systems to reduce costs and spills as part of its...
To ask the Scottish Executive what issues the Minister for Housing and Communities has discussed recently with local authorities. (S3O-9388)
To ask the Scottish Executive what dialogue it has had with Aberdeen City Council on delivery of its single outcome agreements. (S3O-9358)
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase access to community-based health services in areas of multiple deprivation. (S3O-9406)
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Chancellor of the Exchequer's plans to increase national insurance contributions by 1 per cent from April 2011 at a cost of £104.3 million to...
To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S3F-2182)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. (S3F-2183)
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S3F-2184)
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government responds to reports that only 17 of 2,806 bids from Scottish-based firms for contracts relating to the 2012 Olympic games have been...
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on reports that local authorities are considering cutting back education budgets in order to find savings of £270 million...
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Futures Trust has commissioned consultants KPMG to produce a report as part of its review of the structure and ownership of Scottish Water and...
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that proposals made by the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution might still be implemented before the next United Kingdom general election....
To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. (S3O-9415)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the work of the READ International book project in redistributing used school and university textbooks to support the local curriculum in...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is committed to the youth music initiative and for what period it will fund the scheme. (S3O-9386)
To ask the Scottish Government what implications the Lisbon treaty will have for the Scottish Government's input into United Kingdom Government European policy. (S3O-9411)
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister's comments in the chamber on 14 January 2010, what action the Scottish Government has taken to provide support to the emergency relief...
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Culture and External Affairs has raised or will raise at the joint ministerial committee on Europe the issue of apparent discrepancies...
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are being taken to address the lack of community access to schools built under previous private finance initiatives. (S3O-9422)
To ask the Scottish Executive, given that education and lifelong learning for Scotland's 660,000 unpaid carers are not mentioned in "Skills for Scotland", what role agencies such as Skills...
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to tackle the number of exclusions in schools. (S3O-9425)
To ask the Scottish Government what the staff head count was for Skills Development Scotland at 31 March 2009. (S3O-9446)
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the capacity of schools to timetable for pupils to study multiple national courses at secondary 4 level after their introduction in...
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the primary school closures proposed by North Lanarkshire Council will have on service delivery for pupils in the areas concerned. (S3O-9401)
Resumed debate.
We come to group 19. Amendment 72, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendments 120, 121, 73 to 78, 122, 81 and 82.
Amendment 73 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendments 74 to 76 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to. Amendment 77 moved—[Elaine Murray]—and agreed to.
Amendment 78 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to. Amendment 122 not moved.
Group 20 is on harassment of seals at haul-out sites. Amendment 79, in the name of Elaine Murray, is grouped with amendments 80 and 83.
Amendment 80 moved—[Elaine Murray]—and agreed to. Amendment 81 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendment 82 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendment 83 moved—[Elaine Murray]—and agreed to.
Amendment 84 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
We move to group 21. Amendment 7, in the name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with amendments 85 and 86.
Amendment 85 moved—[Richard Lochhead] and agreed to.
Amendment 86 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
We move to group 22. Amendment 87, in the name of the cabinet secretary, is grouped with amendments 88, 89, 89A, 89B, 89C, 89D, 99 and 100.
Amendment 88 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to. Amendment 89 moved—[Richard Lochhead].
Amendment 90 moved—[Liam McArthur].
Amendments 91 and 92 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendments 93 to 98 moved—[Richard Lochhead]—and agreed to.
Amendment 5 moved—[Peter Peacock].
The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-5559, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on the Marine (Scotland) Bill.
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Throughout the day, concern has been raised about a report in The Herald today that the First Minister raised £9,000 for the Scottish National Party...
The next item of business is consideration of motion S3M-5638, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on the Flood and Water Management Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. Motion moved, That the...
There are two questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that motion S3M-5559, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on the Marine (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to....
The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S3M-5490, in the name of Christopher Harvie, on the Scottish railway museum at Bo'ness. The debate will be concluded without any...
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