Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee, 07 Feb 2001
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 7, 2001
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Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) (No 2) Bill
The next item is a motion in my name on the order in which we will deal with the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) (No 2) Bill. I will let the clerk, Simon Watkins, give the background to the motion.
The motion is supported by Nicol Stephen, who is the minister responsible for the bill, although he has not formally signed it yet.
The proposal is that we deal with the sections of the bill in reverse order at stage 2. We will deal first with sections 3 and 4, which are commonly held to be the least contentious, and then with sections 1 and 2, which relate to the graduate endowment. There are a number of reasons for that order, one of which is that, as the first meeting at which we will deal with the bill will be on 27 February, the closing date for the submission of amendments will be 23 February, which falls within the February recess. We could just give everybody plenty of notice, but it might be more appropriate to deal after the recess with the sections that relate to the endowment, when all members will be able easily to submit amendments.
Motion moved,
That the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee considers the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) (No 2) Bill at Stage 2 in the following order: section 3; section 4; section 1; section 2; section 5.—[Alex Neil.]
Motion agreed to.