Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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Business Motion

Good morning. The first item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-00041, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out today’s business programme. I ask any member who wishes to speak against the motion to press their request-to-speak button now.

Presiding Officer, it gives me pleasure, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move the first business motion in this new session of the Scottish Parliament.

I move,

That the Parliament agrees—

(a) the following programme of business—

Wednesday 18 May 2011

10.00 am Business Motion

10.30 am Selection of the Parliament’s nominee for First Minister

Wednesday 25 May 2011

11.00 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

followed by First Minister’s Motion to appoint Scottish Ministers

followed by First Minister’s Motion to appoint Junior Scottish Ministers

followed by First Minister’s Motion to appoint Scottish Law Officers

followed by Election of Members of the Parliamentary Corporation

Thursday 26 May 2011

10.30 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

followed by First Minister’s Statement: Taking Scotland Forward

followed by Scottish Government Debate: Taking Scotland Forward

2.30 pm Continuation of Scottish Government Debate: Taking Scotland Forward

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

followed by Business Motion

5.00 pm Decision Time

(b) that the period for lodging First Minister’s Questions for First Minister’s Question Time on Thursday 2 June 2011 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 26 May 2011;

(c) that the period for Members to submit their names for selection for General Question Time on Thursday 2 June 2011 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 19 May 2011;

(d) that the period for Members to submit their names for selection for General and Themed Question Time on Thursday 16 June 2011 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 2 June 2011.

No member has asked to speak against the motion, therefore the question is, that motion S4M-00041, in the name of Bruce Crawford, be agreed to.

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 the selection of the nominee. The nomination period for First Minister is now closed, and I suspend this meeting of the Parliament until 10.30 am, when the voting period will commence.

10:02 Meeting suspended.

10:30 On resuming—