The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-12384, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 25 June 2014 and subject to amendments tabled in the House of Lords on 7 January 2015, relating to the recovery of public sector exit payments, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Fergus Ewing.]
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.
I undertook to come back to the chamber on a question raised by the minister, Fergus Ewing, during the stage 3 debate on the Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Bill. The minister queried whether the bill was the first to have completed its passage through the Parliament unamended. I thought not, but I promised to come back to the chamber.
We have checked this afternoon and, as I suspected, there are a number of other examples. An early one is the Census Amendment (Scotland) Bill, which completed its passage in March 2000. At least 10 such similar bills completed their passage unamended. I have in my hand a little list. I could read it to members, but I think that you would probably prefer that I give it to the minister at the end of business. I think that he would enjoy that.
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