Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid)
Meeting date: Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Contents
- General Question Time
- First Minister’s Question Time
- Point of Order
- Community Land Ownership
- Portfolio Question Time
- Point of Order
- Autumn and Winter Vaccination Programme
- Urgent Question
- Brexit Impact on Supply Chain and Labour Market
- Points of Order
- Decision Time
Point of Order
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Today, my colleague Douglas Ross asked the First Minister about the specifics of a certain section of the vaccination certification scheme that was still being consulted on. Her response was as follows:
“I do not have the regulations in front of me right now. I am very happy to come back afterwards and go through every particular regulation and say who precisely we have consulted with.”
The First Minister made that offer but, as far as I am aware, she is not coming back to the chamber this afternoon to answer those questions.
Presiding Officer, please help me, a humble backbencher. How do I persuade the First Minister to come back and answer the questions that I and other members have about that completely flawed scheme?
As Mr Balfour will understand, the scheduling of business is a matter for the Parliamentary Bureau. I encourage Mr Balfour’s business manager to raise the issue at the next bureau meeting.