Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Official Report
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Business Motions
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-01578, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a revision to the business programme for today.
14:04
Members will note the change in decision time in the motion. That is the purpose of the motion.
I move,
That the Parliament agrees the following revision to the programme of business for Wednesday 14 December 2011—
delete
6.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
and insert
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Motion agreed to.
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-01571, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a timetable for the stage 3 consideration of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees that, during Stage 3 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (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 3: 40 minutes
Groups 4 to 6: 1 hour 10 minutes.—[Bruce Crawford.]
Motion agreed to.