Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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Business Motions

Our next item of business is consideration of business motion S3M-7156, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business programme for today.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees the following revision to the programme of business for Wednesday 6 October 2010—

delete

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business

and insert

6.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business—[Bruce Crawford.]

Motion agreed to.

The next item is consideration of business motion S3M-7149, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that, during Stage 3 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill, debate on groups of amendments shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion by the time limit indicated, that time limit being calculated from when the Stage begins and excluding any periods when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a suspension following the first division in the Stage being called) or otherwise not in progress:

Groups 1 to 3: 20 minutes

Groups 4 to 7: 55 minutes

Groups 8 to 10: 1 hour 35 minutes

Groups 11 to 14: 2 hours

Groups 15 to 17: 2 hours 20 minutes

Groups 18 to 22: 2 hours 55 minutes.—[Bruce Crawford.]

Motion agreed to.