Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The next item of business is consideration of 10 Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask George Adam to move motions S6M-09004, on Committee of the Regions membership, S6M-09005 to S6M-09009, on approval of Scottish statutory instruments, S6M-09010 to S6M-09012, on designation of lead committees, and S6M-09013 on committee membership.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees to appoint Alasdair Allan as a full member and Neil Bibby as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions UK Contact Group and to nominate Ben Macpherson as a full member and Maurice Golden as an alternate member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

That the Parliament agrees that the Environmental Standards Scotland air quality investigation - Scottish Government improvement plan (SG/2023/75) be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board (Gender Representation on Public Boards) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Allocation of Functions to the General Regulatory Chamber) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Rules of Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Economy and Fair Work Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

That the Parliament agrees that the Criminal Justice Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the legislative consent memorandum in relation to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (UK Legislation).

That the Parliament agrees that the Criminal Justice Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

That the Parliament agrees that Keith Brown be appointed to replace Kenneth Gibson as a member of the Finance and Public Administration Committee.—[George Adam]

The questions on those motions will be put at decision time.

The next item of business is a motion on approval of an SSI.?I ask Shirley-Anne Somerville to speak to and move motion?S6M-08907.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament recommends that the Social Security (Residence Requirements) (Sudan) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.—[Shirley-Anne Somerville]

The question on that motion will be put at decision time.