SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1089 Title : Scottish Parliament: Chamber Minutes Vol 3, no 40 Author(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Copyright holder(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: © Scottish Parliamentary copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Queen's Printer for Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Text MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS Meeting of the Parliament Vol 3, No 40 Wednesday 19 December 2001 Note: (DT) signifies a decision taken at Decision Time. The meeting opened at 2.30 pm. 1. Time for Reflection: Father Tom Mullen, Priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Dunfermline, led Time for Reflection. 2. Business Motion: Patricia Ferguson, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-2562—That the Parliament agrees— (a) as a revision to the Business Programme agreed on 13 December 2001 Wednesday 19 December 2001 after "Debate on the Finance Committee’s Report on Stage 2 of the Budget Process" insert followed by Motion on Membership of the Committee of the Regions Thursday 20 December 2001 after "First Minister’s Question Time" delete all and insert 3.30 pm Election of a Member of the Parliamentary Corporation followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-2529 Karen Gillon: New Lanark (b) the following programme of business Wednesday 9 January 2002 2.30 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Executive Debate on its Priorities followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business – debate on the subject of S1M-2447 Mr Kenny MacAskill: Congestion and Pollution caused by Edinburgh "Bus Wars" Thursday 10 January 2002 9.30 am Debate on the Health and Community Care Committee’s Report into Hepatitis ‘C’ followed by Ministerial Statement followed by Business Motion 2.30 pm Question Time 3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time 3.30 pm Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Business followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business – debate on the subject of S1M-2404 Iain Smith: Strategic Planning in Fife Wednesday 16 January 2002 2.30 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Stage 1 Debate on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill followed by Financial Resolution in respect of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Thursday 17 January 2002 9.30 am Scottish National Party Business followed by Business Motion 2.30 pm Question Time 3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time 3.30 pm Stage 1 Debate on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business and (c) that the Justice 2 Committee reports to the Justice 1 Committee by 21 January 2002 on the draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002. The motion was agreed to. 3. Finance Committee’s Report on Stage 2 of the Budget Process: Des McNulty, on behalf of the Finance Committee, moved S1M-2554—That the Parliament notes the 13th Report, 2001 of the Finance Committee on Stage 2 of the 2002-03 Budget Process (SP Paper 468) and notes the recommendations made by the Committee. After debate, the motion was agreed to (DT). 4. Membership of the Committee of the Regions: Euan Robson moved S1M-2555—That the Parliament endorses the Executive’s proposal to nominate Irene Oldfather MSP as a representative of the Parliament to replace Hugh Henry MSP as a full member on the UK delegation to the Committee of the Regions for the forthcoming session from 2002 to 2006. After debate, the motion was agreed to ((DT) by division: For 75, Against 28, Abstentions 1). 5. Address to the Parliament: Euan Robson, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-2561—That the Parliament agrees that Her Majesty The Queen should be invited to address a meeting of the Parliament in the year 2002, on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee. The motion was agreed to (DT). 6. Designation of Lead Committee: Euan Robson, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-2559—That the Parliament agrees the following designation of Lead Committee— Justice 1 Committee to consider the draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002. The motion was agreed to (DT). 7. Approval of SSIs and Codes of Conduct: Euan Robson, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-2258—That the Parliament agrees that the following instruments and codes of conduct be approved— the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 14) (Scotland) Order 2001 (SSI 2001/451); Standards in Public Life Code of Conduct; Councillor’s Code (SE 2001/50); and Standards in Public Life Code of Conduct; Member’s Model Code (SE 2001/51). The motion was agreed to (DT). 8. Decision Time: The Parliament took decisions on items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 as noted above. 9. Scottish Science Library and Scottish Business Information Service: The Parliament debated S1M-2345 in the name of Fiona McLeod—That the Parliament deplores the recent decision by the National Library of Scotland to close the Scottish Science Library and the Scottish Business Information Service because of funding problems. 10. Motion without notice: Fiona McLeod moved without notice that the debate be extended up to 6.00 pm. The motion was agreed to. The meeting closed at 6.00 pm. P E Grice Clerk of the Parliament 19 December 2001 This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Document source: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/chamber/mop-01/mop-12-19.htm Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2001 Word count: 877 General description: Chamber Minutes. 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