Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Official Report
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Decision Time
There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business.
The first question is, that motion S4M-05699, in the name of Hanzala Malik, on the European and External Relations Committee’s report on the European Union priorities of the committees of the Scottish Parliament, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament notes the European and External Relations Committee’s 1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): The EU priorities of the Committees of the Scottish Parliament (SP Paper 271).
The next question is, that motion S4M-05612, in the name of Kevin Stewart, on the Local Government and Regeneration Committee’s inquiry into public services reform and developing new ways of delivering services, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament recognises the importance of the work of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee in its inquiry into public services reform; welcomes its examination, at strand 3 of the inquiry, of progress being made in relation to the development of shared services, other innovative ways of achieving economies of scale and harnessing the strengths and skills of key public sector partners to deliver the best possible quality services in local areas, and notes that the committee’s work is designed to build on its earlier inquiry reports, at strand 1, into partnerships and outcomes and, at strand 2, into progress on benchmarking and performance measurement.