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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, November 5, 2015


Contents


Decision Time

The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick)

There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-14702, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Carers (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Carers (Scotland) Bill.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that motion S4M-12890, in the name of John Swinney, on the financial resolution to the Carers (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Carers (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3(b) of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that motion S4M-14731, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on committee membership, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that—

George Adam be appointed to replace Clare Adamson as a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee;

Clare Adamson be appointed to replace James Dornan as a member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee; and

Fiona McLeod be appointed to replace George Adam as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that motion S4M-14732, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on substitution on committees, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that—

Graeme Dey be appointed to replace Michael Russell as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Justice Committee;

Michael Russell be appointed to replace Graeme Dey as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Health and Sport Committee;

James Dornan be appointed to replace Linda Fabiani as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee; and

Linda Fabiani be appointed to replace James Dornan as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.

Meeting closed at 17:01.