Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Thursday, October 4, 2012
Official Report
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Defamation Bill
The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-04380, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, on the Defamation Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Defamation Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 10 May 2012, relating to the privilege that may apply in respect of peer-reviewed material in scientific or academic journals and reports of proceedings of scientific or academic conferences, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Kenny MacAskill.]
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.