Points of Order

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 12:00 pm on 7 June 2007.

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Photo of Alex Neil Alex Neil Scottish National Party 12:00, 7 June 2007

On a point of order, Presiding Officer.

You will notice that we have four minutes left of the time allocated for First Minister's question time, yet during the earlier questions a number of members were not called. I ask you to review the role of the business team in vetting supplementary questions. Its job should be to collect the names, not to act like the Politburo in deciding what can go forward and what cannot. Will you publish the criteria that are used to decide which questions are acceptable supplementaries? From a back-bench point of view, the situation at the moment is entirely unsatisfactory.