Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 5:00 pm on 19 January 2000.
Lord David Steel
Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament
5:00,
19 January 2000
The second question is, that motion S1M-430, in the name of Mr Jim Wallace, on the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, be agreed to. Are we all agreed?
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
