Plenary, 07 Sep 2000

Meeting date: Thursday, September 7, 2000

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Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill: Timetable

The first item of business is consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Tom McCabe to move business motion S1M-1148, which is a timetabling motion in relation to today's stage 3 consideration of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill. Any members who wish to speak against the motion should press their request-to-speak buttons now.

I shall say a few words before moving the motion. All parties in the Parliamentary Bureau have agreed to the timetabling motion on this occasion, which has not always been the case in the recent past. The motion allows generous time for debate, which compares favourably with the time taken in the Justice and Home Affairs Committee at stage 2 of the bill and protects the time for discussion on the sections of the bill in which members are most interested.

I move,

That the Parliament agrees that for Stage 3 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill, debate on each part of the proceedings, if not previously brought to a conclusion, shall be brought to conclusion no later than the following times after commencement of the Stage 3 proceedings—

Group 1 to Group 5 – 1 hour 30 minutes
Group 6 to Group 9 – 2 hours 30 minutes
Group 10 to Group 13 – 3 hours
Group 14 to Group 17 – 4 hours
Motions to pass the Bill – 4 hours 30 minutes

As no member has asked to speak against the motion, I shall put the question. The question is, that motion S1M-1148, in the name of Tom McCabe, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.