Plenary, 20 Nov 2002

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 20, 2002

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

We have three Parliamentary Bureau motions before us. I call Patricia Ferguson to move motion S1M-3604.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees to meet in The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh during the period from 12-29 May 2003.—[Patricia Ferguson.]

I call Patricia Ferguson to move motions S1M-3605 and S1M-3606 together.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the Justice 1 Committee be designated as lead committee in consideration of the following regulations—

the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/494);

the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/495); and

the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/496).

That the Parliament agrees that the Rural Development Committee be designated as lead committee in consideration of the following regulations—

the draft Cairngorms National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2003; and

the draft Cairngorms National Park Elections (Scotland) Order 2003.—[Patricia Ferguson.]

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I may have missed your instructions. Are we discussing the move to the Hub?

We have just passed it.

Can we go back, please?

I will allow you a minute, although we should not go backwards.

I simply want to inquire which budget heading the move to the Hub will come under. Will it be under the heading of the Scottish Parliament project or another subject heading? Further to that, if anyone is found to have contributed to the additional cost, will they be pursued for recompense?

Do you want to try to reply to that, Ms Ferguson?

I do not think that it is a matter for the Executive. It is a matter for the parliamentary authorities.

Patricia Ferguson is correct. I am not sure that I should attempt to answer the question. The money comes out of the normal parliamentary budget and it is not part of the Holyrood project budget, if that is what the member is asking. It is the same budget from which the money for the moves to Glasgow and Aberdeen came, but the move to the Hub will cost very much less. I hasten to add that we are not meeting in a coffee shop or a pub, but in the former assembly hall of the Church of Scotland at the Hub.