Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid)

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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Decision Time

The first question is, that legislative consent motion S5M-22591, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on the Agriculture Bill, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the provisions related to food security, organic products, animal identification and traceability, fertilisers and the red meat levy in the Agriculture Bill, introduced into the House of Commons on 16 January 2020, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

I propose to ask a single question on the two Parliamentary Bureau motions. As no member objects, the question is, that motions S5M-22594 and S5M-22597, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, be agreed to.

Motions agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that—

Kenneth Gibson be appointed to replace Gail Ross as a member of the Education and Skills Committee;

Gillian Martin be appointed to replace Angela Constance as a member of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee;

Annabelle Ewing be appointed to replace Alasdair Allan as a member of the Justice Committee;

Keith Brown be appointed to replace Kenneth Gibson as a member of the Local Government and Communities Committee; and

Gail Ross be appointed to replace Annabelle Ewing as a member of the Local Government and Communities Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that, as appropriate, for meetings of committees or sub-committees established by the Parliament, for the duration of the public response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, this being the period up to and including 9 October 2020, and such further period or periods as are determined by the Presiding Officer from time to time following consultation with the Bureau and notified to the Parliament in the Business Bulletin:

Rule 12.3.2, which was suspended and replaced by means of motion S5M-21507, be further varied so as now to provide as follows—

“2. A committee shall meet—

(a) in Scotland at such place as it may decide, with the approval of the Parliamentary Bureau and the Conveners Group (all members meeting collectively at such place, or in part remotely by video conference hosted on such platform as may be provided by the Parliamentary corporation) or

(b) wholly remotely, by video conference hosted on such platform as may be provided by the Parliamentary corporation.

2A. A decision under Rule 12.3.2 shall, in the event of any disagreement between the Parliamentary Bureau and the Conveners Group, be referred to the Parliamentary corporation for a determination. The Parliamentary Bureau may require the Conveners Group to make a decision under Rule 12.3.2 within a specified period. If the Conveners Group does not make a decision within that period, the decision on the approval shall be made by the Parliamentary Bureau.”