Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Good afternoon. The first item of business is time for reflection. Our leader today is the Rev Alastair H Symington, member of the kirk session and minister emeritus of Troon old parish church...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-11400, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a timetable for the stage 3...
1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that patients are being put at risk by its failure to adequately fund general practitioners. (S4T-00820) I welcome today’s...
2. To ask the Scottish Government how the decision to hold a vote on the future of the European arrest warrant before 20 November could impact on justice in Scotland. (S4T-00818)
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Historic Environment Scotland Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have the bill as amended at stage 2, which is SP bill...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-11378, in the name of Fiona Hyslop, on the Historic Environment Scotland Bill.
The next item of business is a statement by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Paul Wheelhouse, on “The Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annual Target 2012” report. The...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-11386, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the “Town Centre Action Plan—One Year On” report.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-11380, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on the Deregulation Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. I ask Keith Brown to move the...
The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-10756, in the name of John Swinney, on the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. I ask John...
There are five questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-11378, in the name of Fiona Hyslop, on the Historic Environment Scotland Bill, be...
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-11008, in the name of Stewart Stevenson, on the importance of school bus safety around Scotland. The debate will be...
Dr Simpson has identified an error in his contribution and provided the following correction. At col 6, paragraph 4— Original text— In Lothian, 74 practices have closed to new...
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.
