Plenary, 14 Jun 2001

Meeting date: Thursday, June 14, 2001

Official Report 633KB pdf

---

Decision Time

There are five questions to put as a result of today's business.

The first question is, that motion S1M-1838, in the name of Mr Jim Wallace, on the general principles of the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Bill.

The second question is, that motion S1M-1833, in the name of Angus MacKay, on the financial resolution in respect of the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Bill, agrees to the expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund of the expenses of the Scottish Ministers in consequence of the Act.

The third question is, that motion S1M-2002, in the name of Mr Murray Tosh, on behalf of the Procedures Committee, on its reports that we debated this morning, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament accepts

(a) the terms of the 2nd Report, 2001 of the Procedures Committee, Report into the Volume of Written Parliamentary Questions and the Scottish Executive's Speed of Response, and Related Matters (SP Paper 346); agrees to amend the Standing Orders in terms of the amendment set out in Annexe F to the report, and agrees that this amendment should come into force on 15 June 2001; and

(b) the terms of the 3rd Report, 2001 of the Procedures Committee, Changes to the Standing Orders of the Parliament (SP Paper 347); agrees to amend the Standing Orders in terms of the amendments set out in Annexe A to the report, and agrees that these amendments should come into force on 15 June 2001.

The fourth question is, that motion S1M-2006, in the name of Hugh Henry, on behalf of the European Committee, on its report on reform of the common fisheries policy, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament notes the 3rd Report, 2001 of the European Committee, Reforming the Common Fisheries Policy: A Blueprint for Negotiations (SP Paper 330) and commends the Report's recommendations to the Scottish Executive.

The fifth question is, that motion S1M-2005, in the name of Mr Tom McCabe, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on the approval of statutory instruments, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

That the Parliament agrees that the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (Scotland) Order 2001 (SSI 2001/195) be approved.