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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011


Contents


Business Motion

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-01018, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to this week’s business programme.

The Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy (Bruce Crawford)

The purpose of the revised business motion is to insert a short debate at the close of play today on the legislative consent motion on the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill and to insert a ministerial statement on Scottish Ambulance Service rest breaks into tomorrow afternoon’s business, at 2.55 pm.

I move,

That the Parliament agrees—

(a) the following revision to the programme of business for Wednesday 5 October 2011—

after

followed by Scottish Government Debate: Welfare Reform

insert

followed by Legislative Consent Motion – London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill – UK Legislation

(b) the following revision to the programme of business for Thursday 6 October 2011—

delete

2.55 pm Scottish Government Debate: Digital Future of Scotland’s Heritage

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business: S4M-00630 Christine Grahame: Jeremy Hunt Doesn’t Get the Picture so Neither Does the Borders

and insert

2.55 pm Ministerial Statement: Scottish Ambulance Service Rest Breaks

followed by Scottish Government Debate: Digital Future of Scotland’s Heritage

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business: S4M-00630 Christine Grahame: Jeremy Hunt Doesn’t Get the Picture so Neither Does the Borders

Motion agreed to.