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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 01 Apr 2009

Meeting date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009


Contents


Decision Time

The Presiding Officer (Alex Fergusson):

There are three questions to be put as a result of today's business.

The first question is, that motion S3M-3832, in the name of Tricia Marwick, on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, on the appointment of the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees, under section 1(2) of the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002, to appoint Stuart Allan as the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

The second question is, that motion S3M-3822, in the name of Andrew Welsh, on behalf of the Finance Committee, on its inquiry into methods of funding capital investment projects, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament notes the conclusions and recommendations contained in the Finance Committee's 8th Report, 2008 (Session 3): Inquiry into methods of funding capital investment projects (SP Paper 182).

The final question is, that legislative consent motion S3M-3753, in the name of Fiona Hyslop, on the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 4 February 2008, relating to the management of Career Development Loans and the Managing Information Across Partners programme, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.