Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The next item of business is consideration of five Parliamentary Bureau motions.

I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motions S4M-14053 on the referral of a Scottish statutory instrument, S4M-14112 on committee membership, S4M-14054 and S4M-14113 on substitution on committees, and S4M-14114 on the establishment of a committee.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification) Order 2015 [draft] be considered by the Parliament.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Richard Baker be appointed to replace Margaret McCulloch as a member of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee;

Malcolm Chisholm be appointed to replace Lewis Macdonald as a member of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee;

John Pentland be appointed to replace Siobhan McMahon as a member of the Education and Culture Committee;

Drew Smith be appointed to replace Jayne Baxter as a member of the Equal Opportunities Committee;

Jackie Baillie be appointed to replace Malcolm Chisholm as a member of the Finance Committee;

Margaret McDougall be appointed to replace Jayne Baxter as a member of the Justice Committee;

Malcolm Chisholm be appointed to replace Dr Richard Simpson as a member of the Health and Sport Committee;

Siobhan McMahon be appointed to replace Mary Fee as a member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee;

Jayne Baxter be appointed to replace Alex Rowley as a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee;

Dr Richard Simpson be appointed to replace Drew Smith as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

Michael McMahon be appointed to replace John Pentland as a member of the Public Petitions Committee;

Mary Fee be appointed to replace Margaret McDougall as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee;

Hugh Henry be appointed to replace Michael McMahon as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee; and

Neil Findlay be appointed to replace Margaret McDougall as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that Gavin Brown be appointed to replace John Lamont as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Justice Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Jayne Baxter be appointed to replace Malcolm Chisholm as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Health and Sport Committee;

Graeme Pearson be appointed to replace Hugh Henry as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Justice Committee;

Mark Griffin be appointed to replace John Pentland as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Audit Committee; and

John Pentland be appointed to replace Mark Griffin as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Petitions Committee.

That the Parliament shall establish a committee of the Parliament as follows—

Name of Committee: The National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee.

Remit: To consider matters relating to the National Galleries of Scotland Bill.

Duration: Until the Bill is passed, falls or is withdrawn.

Number of members: 3.

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.

Membership: Fiona McLeod, Anne McTaggart and Jean Urquhart.—[Joe FitzPatrick.]

The questions on those motions will be put at decision time, to which we now come.