The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-14427, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees—
(a) the following programme of business—
Tuesday 30 October 2018
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Scottish Government Debate: A Digital Society For All: Working Together to Maximise the Benefits of Digital Inclusion
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Committee Announcements
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 31 October 2018
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions:
Communities and Local Government;
Social Security and Older People
followed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Business
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 1 November 2018
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions
followed by Members’ Business
2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Ministerial Statement: The Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annual Target Report for 2016: Setting Scotland’s Future Direction on the Low Carbon Transition
followed by Ministerial Statement: Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Update
followed by Scottish Government Debate: A Place of Safety: Supporting Asylum Seekers in Scotland
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
Tuesday 6 November 2018
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Scottish Government Business
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Committee Announcements
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 7 November 2018
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions:
Finance, Economy and Fair Work
followed by Scottish Government Business
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 8 November 2018
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions
followed by Motion of Remembrance
1.45 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
1.45 pm Members’ Business
followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Prescription (Scotland) Bill
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
(b) that, in relation to any debate on a business motion setting out a business programme taken on Wednesday 31 October 2018, the second sentence of rule 8.11.3 is suspended and replaced with “Any Member may speak on the motion at the discretion of the Presiding Officer”, and
(c) that, in relation to First Minister’s Questions on 1 November 2018, in rule 13.6.2, insert at end “and may provide an opportunity for Party Leaders or their representatives to question the First Minister”.—[Graeme Dey]
Motion agreed to.
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-14428, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on a stage 2 timetable for a bill.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Planning (Scotland) Bill at stage 2 be extended to 16 November 2018.—[Graeme Dey]
Motion agreed to.