Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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Business Motion

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S3M-7327, the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the Housing (Scotland) Bill. If any member wishes to speak against the motion, they should press their request-to-speak button now.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that, during Stage 3 of the Housing (Scotland) Bill, debate on groups of amendments shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion by the time limit indicated, that time limit being calculated from when the Stage begins and excluding any periods when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a suspension following the first division in the Stage being called) or otherwise not in progress:

Groups 1 to 3: 30 minutes

Groups 4 to 6: 1 hour

Groups 7 to 9: 1 hour 40 minutes

Groups 10 and 11: 2 hours.—[Bruce Crawford.]

Motion agreed to.