Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: Thursday, January 27, 2011
Official Report
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Decision Time
There are five questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S3M-7769, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on the Reservoirs (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Bill.
The second question is, that motion S3M-7704, in the name of John Swinney, on the financial resolution for the Reservoirs (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Reservoirs (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in paragraph 3(b)(iii) of Rule 9.12 of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.
The third question is, that amendment S3M-7793.1, in the name of Dr Richard Simpson, which seeks to amend motion S3M-7793, in the name of Shona Robison, on the dementia strategy, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The fourth question is, that motion S3M-7793, in the name of Shona Robison, on the dementia strategy, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament welcomes the progress being made by the NHS, local government, scrutiny bodies and partners in the voluntary and private sectors, including Alzheimer Scotland and the Scottish Dementia Working Group, in delivering the commitments set out in Scotland’s first dementia strategy, building on the Scottish Government’s establishment of dementia as a national priority and on the Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Alzheimer’s Charter of Rights for People with Dementia and their Carers in Scotland; recognises the crucial role played by carers both paid and unpaid; notes also the challenge of ensuring good quality palliative care for people with dementia, and further welcomes the Big Lottery Fund’s investment in support for people with dementia and their carers after their diagnosis.
The final question is, that motion S3M-7770, in the name of Alex Neil, on the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill.