I will take things very slowly to get us up to 5 o'clock. The next item of business is consideration of four Parliamentary Bureau motions.
If it helps you, Presiding Officer, I will move the motions individually.
Motions moved,
That the Parliament agrees that the Communities Committee be designated as lead committee in consideration of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Water Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/341).
That the Parliament agrees that the Justice 1 Committee be designated as lead committee in consideration of the draft Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003.
That the Parliament agrees that the Justice 1 Committee be designated as lead committee in consideration of the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) (No 2) Order 2003.
That the Parliament agrees the following nominated committee substitutes, as permitted under Rule 6.3A—
Scottish National Party
Audit Committee Mr Andrew Welsh
Communities Committee Shona Robison
Education Committee Brian Adam
Enterprise and Culture
Environment and Rural
Equal Opportunities
European and External
Finance Committee Mr Adam Ingram
Health Committee Ms Sandra White
Justice 2 Committee Michael Matheson
Local Government and
Procedures Committee Linda Fabiani
Public Petitions Committee Mr Rob Gibson
Standards Committee Alasdair Morgan
Subordinate Legislation
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Audit Committee Mr Ted Brocklebank
Communities Committee John Scott
Education Committee David Mundell
Enterprise and Culture
Environment and Rural
Equal Opportunities
European and External
Finance Committee Mary Scanlon
Health Committee Mrs Nanette Milne
Justice 1 Committee Miss Annabel Goldie
Justice 2 Committee Margaret Mitchell
Local Government and
Procedures Committee Murray Tosh
Public Petitions Committee Phil Gallie
Standards Committee Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
Subordinate Legislation
Scottish Green Party
Audit Committee Chris Ballance
Communities Committee Shiona Baird
Enterprise Committee Mark Ballard
Environment and Rural
Equal Opportunities
Procedures Committee Robin Harper
Scottish Socialist Party
Equal Opportunities
Public Petitions Committee Frances Curran—[Patricia Ferguson.]
We will have a 20-second pause for quiet reflection at the start of the new term. Members will appreciate that we must pause in case some members are still in the corridor making their way to the chamber for the magic hour of 5 o'clock.
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