Plenary,
Meeting date: Thursday, May 4, 2006
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Motion without Notice
Before decision time, I would like to make a brief statement—it is good news. On Wednesday, a week ahead of schedule, we will be back in the chamber. [Applause.] I want to thank all those who, under considerable pressure, stayed focused on the restoration of the roof and the continuation of parliamentary business.
Phase 1 of the restoration is now complete, ensuring the safety of those who will complete phase 2 over the summer recess. Apart from a few hours on the day when the strut swung loose, we have not lost a single minute of parliamentary business.
Before the incident, we had turned the corner. We had moved in and were moving on. We had given this Parliament to the people of Scotland. We had 700,000 visitors in just over a year, a string of international awards and members engaging with the public day and night in our lobbies and committee rooms.
This Parliament is bigger than the building. We must now have the ideas and the vision to move on again. We are not here because of a building. We are here to build a better Scotland. I look forward to seeing you all back where you belong, in the chamber, next Wednesday.
In that spirit, I invite Margaret Curran, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move a motion, without notice, that we agree that the Parliament shall return to meeting in the debating chamber of the Parliament at Holyrood from 10 May 2006.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees that the Parliament shall return to meeting in the Debating Chamber of the Parliament at Holyrood from 10 May 2006.—[Ms Margaret Curran.]
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.