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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016


Contents


Decision Time

The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick)

There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business.

The first question is, that motion S4M-15198, in the name of Margaret McCulloch, on age and social isolation, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament notes the conclusions and recommendations in the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 5th Report 2015 (Session 4), Age and Social Isolation (SP Paper 816).

The Presiding Officer

The second question is, that motion S4M-15252, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on the approval of a Scottish statutory instrument, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2016 [draft] be approved.