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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 27 Jan 2005

Meeting date: Thursday, January 27, 2005


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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Margaret Curran to move motion S2M-2311, on the office of the clerk, and motion S2M-2312, on rule 2.3.1.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that, between 4 September 2005 and 29 May 2006, the Office of the Clerk will be open on all days except: Saturdays and Sundays, 2 December 2005, 23 December 2005 (pm), 26 and 27 December 2005, 2 and 3 January 2006, 14 and 17 April 2006, 1, 26 and 29 May 2006.

That the Parliament agrees the following dates in terms of Rule 2.3.1: 8 – 23 October 2005 (inclusive), 24 December 2005 – 8 January 2006 (inclusive), 11 – 19 February 2006 (inclusive), 1 – 17 April 2006 (inclusive), 1 July – 3 September 2006 (inclusive).—[Ms Margaret Curran.]

The question on the motions will be put at decision time, to which we now come.