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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 13 Jan 2000

Meeting date: Thursday, January 13, 2000


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Representation of the People Bill

The next item of business is consideration of S1M-405, in the name of Ms Wendy Alexander, on the Representation of the People Bill.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament endorses the principle of ensuring consistency of absent voting provisions for parliamentary and local elections in Scotland as set out in the Representation of the People Bill and agrees that the relevant provision to achieve this end in the Bill should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Ms Alexander.]