Plenary, 18 Jun 2008
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Official Report
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Creative Scotland Bill: Financial Resolution
The next item of business is consideration of motion S3M-1776, in the name of John Swinney, on the financial resolution to the Creative Scotland Bill.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Creative Scotland Bill, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in paragraph 3(b)(iii) of Rule 9.12 of the Parliament's Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.—[Linda Fabiani.]
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.
Is it in order for a member to speak against the financial resolution? I know that it is unusual.
I will take a moment to deliberate on that.
If you wish to speak against the resolution, it is in order to give you a brief period—perhaps up to two minutes—to state your reasons.
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I will be brief.
I speak against the financial resolution on the ground that we have had further confusion this afternoon in relation to the financial consequences of this particular bill. It is difficult to see how the Parliament can agree to the financial resolution when there is such a lack of clarity about what is being proposed.
We heard a speech from the minister at the beginning of the debate that appeared to suggest that all the money for the creative industries and the enterprise companies was being transferred to creative Scotland. At the end of the debate, she made it clear that that was not the case. There was also some confusion about the additional money that she announced in the debate. As a consequence, it is difficult for Parliament to decide on the financial resolution at this stage. I therefore wish to move against the financial resolution.
As I said, the question on the motion will be put at decision time.