Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Good morning. The first item of business this morning is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is the Rev Fraser Donaldson of Greenock Elim church.
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-15997, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for the stage 3...
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have the bill as amended at stage 2—SP Bill...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-15996, in the name of Maureen Watt, on the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill. Before I invite the minister to open the debate, I call the...
The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-15993, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on stage 3 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill.
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland’s counter-corruption unit is to be abolished. (S4T-01369)
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on negotiations to save the steel plants at Dalzell and Clydebridge. (S4T-01367)
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have the bill as amended at stage 2, the...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-15994, in the name of Michael Matheson, on the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill.
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-16029, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a revision to the business programme...
There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-15996, in the name of Maureen Watt, on the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill,...
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-15322, in the name of Rob Gibson, on bringing about more local control. 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.