Business Motion
The final item of business before lunch is consideration of business motion S1M-1520, in the name of Mr Tom McCabe, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out the business programme. I ask any members who wish to speak against the motion to press their request-to-speak buttons now.
I call Tavish Scott to move the motion.
Before I move the motion, I intimate to Parliament three minor adjustments to next week's business. On Wednesday 17 January, two Sewel motions will be moved in the afternoon. Similarly, on Thursday 18 January, there will be a Sewel motion moved at 2 pm. The Conservative party has chosen fisheries and a route action plan as the matters for debate during the morning of Thursday 18 January. I am grateful to Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for intimating that to me.
I move,
That the Parliament agrees
(a) the following programme of business—
Wednesday 17 January 2001
2.30 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Stage 1 Debate on the Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Bill
followed by Executive Debate on the Health and Social Care Bill - UK Legislation
followed by Executive Debate on the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill - UK Legislation
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-1474 Janis Hughes: Acute Health Service Review in South Glasgow
Thursday 18 January 2001
9.30 am Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Business
12.15 pm Ministerial Statement
followed by Business Motion
2.00 pm Executive Debate on the International Criminal Court Bill – UK Legislation
2.30 pm Question Time
3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time
3.30 pm Executive Debate on the Scottish Strategy for Victims
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-1454 Alex Neil: Hepatitis C
Wednesday 24 January 2001
2.30 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Ministerial Statement
followed by Committee Business
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business
Thursday 25 January 2001
9.30 am Scottish National Party Business
12.15 pm Ministerial Statement
followed by Business Motion
2.30 pm Question Time
3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time
3.30 pm Stage 1 Debate on the Budget (Scotland) Bill
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-1506 David Mundell: Robert Burns
and (b) that the Rural Development Committee reports to the Health and Community Care Committee by 2 February 2001 on The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No 2) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/449) and on the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/453)
As no member has asked to speak against the motion, I will put the question.
The question is, that motion S1M-1520, in the name of Mr Tom McCabe, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to.
Meeting suspended until 14:30.
On resuming—
We begin this afternoon with question time.
On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
Is it about question time?
No.
In that case, would you mind holding your point of order until the end of question time, so that we do not hold things up?
On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
Is it about question time?
No. I have given notice that I was going to raise this point of order.
Well, could you leave it to the end so that we do not take up time for question time? I will take both points of order at half-past 3.