Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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Decision Time

There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-06153, in the name of Maureen Watt, on behalf of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, on public procurement reform, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament notes that the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, in advance of the introduction of the Scottish Government’s proposed Procurement Reform Bill and in order to inform any future work in this area, would welcome members’ views on the efficacy of current public procurement processes and on the scope and potential for improvements to be made to these processes.

The second question is, that motion S4M-06238, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on the designation of a lead committee, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee be designated as the lead committee and that the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee be designated as a secondary committee in consideration of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

That concludes decision time. We will now move to members’ business. I ask members who are leaving the chamber to do so as quickly and quietly as possible.