The first item of business is consideration of business motion S3M-14, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. I ask any member who wishes to speak against the motion to press their request-to-speak button now.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees—
(a) the following programme of business—
Wednesday 16 May 2007
10.00 am Business Motion
followed by Selection of the Parliament's nominee for First Minister
Thursday 17 May 2007
11.15 am First Minister's Motion to appoint Scottish Ministers
followed by First Minister's Motion to appoint Junior Scottish Ministers
(b) that the period for lodging First Minister's Questions for First Minister's Question Time on 31 May 2007 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 24 May;
(c) that the period for Members to submit their names for selection for General Question Time on 31 May 2007 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 17 May; and
(d) that the period for Members to submit their names for selection for General and Themed Question Times on 7 June 2007 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 24 May.—[Bruce Crawford.]
Motion agreed to.
Under rule 4.1.3 of standing orders, a period of 30 minutes must elapse between the closure of nominations for First Minister and the start of the voting period for selection of a nominee. The nomination period is now closed, so I suspend the meeting until 10.30, when the voting period will commence.
Meeting suspended.
On resuming—
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