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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 05 Feb 2003

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 5, 2003


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Business Motion

Let us now come to order and proceed to Parliamentary Bureau motion S1M-3857, on the timetable.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that, during Stage 3 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Bill, debate on each part of the Stage 3 proceedings shall be brought to a conclusion by the time-limits indicated (each time-limit being calculated from when the Stage begins and excluding any periods when those proceedings are suspended)—

Groups 1 and 2 - no later than 55 minutes
Groups 3 to 6 - no later than 1 hour 55 minutes
Groups 7 to 9 - no later than 2 hours 55 minutes

Motion to pass the Bill - 3 hours 25 minutes.—[Euan Robson.]

Motion agreed to.