Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Official Report
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Decision Time
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business.
The first question is, that motion S4M-08609, in the name of John Swinney, on the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill be passed.
The next question is, that amendment S4M-08612.2, in the name of Jackie Baillie, which seeks to amend motion S4M-08612, in the name of Shona Robison, on violence against women, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The next question is, that motion S4M-08612, in the name of Shona Robison, on violence against women, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament reaffirms its commitment to ending violence against women; welcomes the development of Scotland’s Strategy to Tackle Violence against Women, the first of its kind in Scotland; notes that the strategy will encompass the spectrum of violence defined as gender-based violence, and commends the valuable contribution that voluntary and third sector organisations have made to the shaping of Scotland’s approach to violence against women against a backdrop of an increase in the total recorded number of domestic abuse incidents.
The next question is, that motion S4M-08603, in the name of Liam McArthur, on the reappointment of the convener and a member of the Standards Commission for Scotland, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees to the reappointment of Ian Gordon as the Convener and Jan Polley as a Member of the Standards Commission for Scotland under Schedule 7 of the Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010.