Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Official Report
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Decision Time
There are five questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-03927, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on committee membership, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that—
George Adam be appointed to replace Sandra White as a member of the Health and Sport Committee;
Sandra White be appointed to replace George Adam as a member of the Public Audit Committee.
The next question is, that motion S4M-03928, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on substitution on a committee, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that—
Colin Beattie be appointed to replace George Adam as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Education and Culture Committee;
Bob Doris to replace Sandra White as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.
The next question is, that motion S4M-03929, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on designation of a lead committee, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
The next question is, that motion S4M-03930, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on the office of the clerk, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that between 6 January 2013 and 31 January 2014, the Office of the Clerk will be open on all days except: Saturdays and Sundays, 29 March and 1 April 2013, 6 May 2013, 24 May and 27 May 2013, St Andrew’s Day (29 November 2013), 24 December (pm), 25 and 26 December 2013, 1 and 2 January 2014.
The next question is, that motion S4M-03931, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on parliamentary recess dates, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees the following parliamentary recess dates under Rule 2.3.1: 9 to 17 February 2013 (inclusive), 30 March to 14 April 2013 (inclusive), 29 June to 1 September 2013 (inclusive), 12 to 27 October 2013 (inclusive), 21 December 2013 to 5 January 2014 (inclusive).
That concludes decision time. The next item of business is a members’ business debate. I ask members who are leaving the chamber to do so quietly. I will give a short interval for members to change seats.