Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Official Report
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Decision Time
There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S4M-05225.3, in the name of Patricia Ferguson, which seeks to amend motion S4M-05225, in the name of Shona Robison, on the Commonwealth games 2014, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The next question is, that motion S4M-05225, in the name of Shona Robison, as amended, on the Commonwealth games 2014, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament notes the continued good progress being made in the preparations for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games; acknowledges the endorsement of the Commonwealth Games Federation for what has been achieved so far and the strength of legacy planning for the future; welcomes the announcement of the volunteer recruitment programme; expects the relevant lessons from the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games to be incorporated into Commonwealth Games planning, particularly in relation to planning and budgeting for security; notes the progress being made with the cultural programme to accompany the Games; endorses the ambition of the Games partners to deliver a safe, secure and spectacularly successful event; recognises that a solid foundation is now in place to maximise the legacy impacts for all of Scotland and commends the benefits that have already been secured, and recognises that 2012 has been a remarkable year for sport and that this can be used as a springboard for Glasgow 2014.
The next question is, that motion S4M-05228, in the name of John Swinney, on the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the provisions of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 18 October 2012, relating to the conferral of new powers on the Scottish Ministers to vary consents granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the construction, extension or operation of electricity generating stations and to the amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 in relation to the granting and variation of deemed planning permissions, either in relation to such generating stations and ancillary development or in relation to overhead electric lines and ancillary development, should, insofar as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or confer new functions on the Scottish Ministers, be considered by the UK Parliament.