The next item of business is motion S1M-3680, in the name of Colin Boyd.

On a point of order. Is it correct that we are not allowed to speak for or against the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill, because it is a consolidation bill? Are you aware that the bill attempts to consolidate, inter alia, the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976, which is currently under review? That act ought to be repealed, rather than consolidated, because it criminalises angling in many parts of Scotland. Instead of improving access it has, in fact, deprived many ordinary people of the right to fish the rivers and lochs of Scotland. Will you therefore consider a suspension of standing orders so that we can debate that repressive legislation at a later date?

No. I am afraid that I cannot do that. Mr Canavan will not be surprised to know that I spend my spare time reading the standing orders. Standing order 9.18.5, which I read this afternoon and which is being used for the first time in this chamber, says that a consolidation bill is not open to debate. However, the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee's report recommended that the Procedures Committee should have a look at the standing order, and I have no doubt that that will be part of its current review. At the moment, however, I am bound by the standing order, and I therefore call on Colin Boyd simply to move the motion, although there will be no debate on it.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the law which is restated in the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill should be restated.—[Lord Advocate].