Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Official Report
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Decision Time
As was notified to members earlier, I will put the question on the motion from Thursday 26 September first. I will then put the question from today’s business. That means that there are two questions to be put.
The first question is, that motion S4M-07799, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on a variation of standing orders, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that, under Rule 12.3.3B of Standing Orders, the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing can meet, if necessary, at 1.00pm on a Thursday until 20 December 2013 for the purpose of conducting a meeting of the sub-committee and that any meeting held under this rule is concluded before the commencement of a meeting of the Parliament that afternoon.
The second question is, that motion S4M-07867, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, on the rehabilitation of offenders, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the time is right to consider whether the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 needs to be modernised and reformed; notes that the legislation has a dual role of protecting the public and helping to reduce reoffending; agrees that helping ex-offenders move away from their previous offending behaviour in order to lead purposeful lives can help contribute to wider society in Scotland; notes that any reform must deliver the correct balance between public safety and rehabilitation, and agrees that it is important to develop policy, through a broad consensus, on how to reform and modernise the rules governing how a person’s previous criminal activity is disclosed after a sentence has been served.