There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business.
The first question is, that motion S4M-15221, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on the Scottish Elections (Dates) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Scottish Elections (Dates) Bill.
The next question is that motion S4M-15220, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill.
The final question is that motion S4M-15213, in the name of John Swinney, on the financial resolution for the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Lobbying (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.
I am reliably informed that today is another first for the Scottish Parliament; I understand that this is the first time one minister has been responsible for two separate pieces of legislation in the same sitting.
On that note, I conclude decision time.
Meeting closed at 17:01.