Plenary, 19 Sep 2001

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 19, 2001

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Points of Order

On a point of order, Presiding Officer.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer.

There are two points of order. I think that I heard Tricia Marwick first.

The Parliament has just disagreed with the Rural Affairs Committee, which recommended that the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill could not be amended. In circumstances in which a committee has recommended that a bill cannot be amended but the Parliament does not agree, it is logical that the bill is not referred back to that committee for amendment at stage 2.

I ask you to take the matter to the Parliamentary Bureau and ask it, and the business managers, where the bill should go at stage 2.

Strictly speaking, that is not a point of order, but you are correct to suggest that it is a matter for the Parliamentary Bureau to discuss, which it will do at its next meeting on Tuesday.

Is yours the same point of order, Mr Fergusson?

I withdraw my point of order.