Contents
- Scottish Parliament Thursday 4 March 2004
- Presiding Officer's Ruling
- Business Motion
- Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
- Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Bill
- First Minister's Question Time
- Point of Order
- Question Time
- Points of Order
- Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Bill
- Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill
- Points of Order
- Civil Contingencies Bill
- Presiding Officer's Ruling
- Motion without Notice
- Decision Time
- Achievements of Deaf Pupils in Scotland
Presiding Officer's Ruling
Good morning. Yesterday I undertook to give my views on issues of legislative competence and admissibility of amendments, which Dennis Canavan and Allan Wilson raised. It should be clear from what I said yesterday that any dispute about the admissibility of an amendment is a matter for the committee convener at stage 2 and for me as Presiding Officer at stage 3.
Under our rules, the legislative competence of an amendment is not a criterion for admissibility and is therefore not an issue for a convener or for me in ruling on any dispute. That means that there is nothing to prevent Mr Canavan from lodging the same—or a similar—amendment at stage 3, when the issue of whether to select it becomes a matter for me. That decision will not take into account any issues of legislative competence.
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Business Motion