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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016


Contents


Business Motion

The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick)

Good morning. The first item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-15939, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that, during stage 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill—

(a) debate on the groups of amendments specified below shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion no later than the time limits indicated;

(b) time limits shall exclude any period 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 morning session being called or the first division following the lunch break being called) or otherwise not in progress:

Morning session (time limits calculated from the beginning of stage 3 proceedings)

Groups 1 and 2: 30 minutes

Groups 3 and 4: 1 hour 10 minutes

Group 5 and 6: 2 hours 10 minutes

Afternoon session (time limits calculated from time following the lunch break at which Group 7 begins)

Groups 7, 8 and 9: 45 minutes

Groups 10, 11 and 12: 1 hour 25 minutes

Groups 13 and 14: 1 hour 45 minutes

Groups 15, 16 and 17: 2 hours 10 minutes

Groups 18, 19 and 20: 2 hours 55 minutes—[Joe FitzPatrick.]

Motion agreed to.