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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 20 Mar 2003

Meeting date: Thursday, March 20, 2003


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Railways and Transport Safety Bill

We move to consideration of a second Sewel motion—motion S1M-4023, in the name of Iain Gray, on the Railways and Transport Safety Bill. I invite Lewis Macdonald to move it.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament endorses the principle of introducing alcohol and drug testing for mariners as set out in the Railways and Transport Safety Bill and agrees that the relevant provisions in the bill on these issues that relate to devolved matters should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Lewis Macdonald.]

The fact that Mr Macdonald only moved the motion has taken me by surprise. No member has asked to speak on it, so Pauline McNeill could have had another minute.