Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, April 3, 2014

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S4M-09567, on committee membership, and motion S4M-09568, on substitution on committees.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that—

Gordon MacDonald be appointed to replace Joan McAlpine as a member of the Education and Culture Committee;

Joan McAlpine be appointed to replace Christian Allard as a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee; and

Dave Thompson be appointed to replace Richard Lyle as a member of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Maureen Watt be appointed to replace Gordon MacDonald as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Justice Committee;

Bob Doris be appointed to replace Joan McAlpine as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee;

Annabelle Ewing be appointed to replace Dave Thompson as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Finance Committee; and

Joan McAlpine be appointed to replace Marco Biagi as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Education and Culture Committee.—[Joe FitzPatrick.]

The questions on the motions will be put at decision time.