Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Official Report
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Decision Time
There are six questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-05229, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill.
The next question is, that motion S4M-04853, in the name of John Swinney, on the financial resolution to the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3(b) of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.
The next question is, that motion S4M-05259, in the name of Keith Brown, on the Marine Navigation (No 2) Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 20 June 2012, relating to the Harbours Act 1964 and the Pilotage Act 1987, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
The next question is, that motion S4M-05240, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on approval of a statutory instrument, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) (No. 2) Order 2013 [draft] be approved.
The next question is, that motion S4M-05241, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Scottish Land Court) Order 2013 [draft] be approved.
The next question is, that motion S4M-05242, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on approval of an SSI, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 [draft] be approved.
That concludes decision time.