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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015


Contents


Business Motions

The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick)

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-15100, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to the business programme for today.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees to the following revision to the programme of business for

Tuesday 8 December 2015—

after

followed by Topical Questions

insert

followed by Ministerial Statement: Forth Road Bridge

delete

6.00 pm Decision Time

and insert

6.45 pm Decision Time—[Joe FitzPatrick.]

Motion agreed to.

The Presiding Officer

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-15086, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that, during stage 3 of the Criminal Justice (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 4: 35 minutes

Groups 5 to 8: 1 hour 30 minutes

Groups 9 to 12: 2 hours

Groups 13 to 16: 2 hours 40 minutes.—[Joe FitzPatrick.]

Motion agreed to.