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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019


Contents


Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)

The next item of business is consideration of five Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Graeme Dey to move motions S5M-16026, S5M-16027, S5M-16028 and S5M-16029, on the approval of Scottish statutory instruments, and motion S5M-16037, on a committee meeting while the Parliament is sitting.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Sheriff Court Simple Procedure (Limits on Award of Expenses) Amendment Order 2019 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that, under Rule 12.3.3B of Standing Orders, the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints can meet at the same time as a meeting of the Parliament from 3.00 pm to conclude before Decision Time on Thursday 14 March 2019 for the purposes of receiving a background briefing on issues relating to the legal context and other matters regarding the inquiry.—[Graeme Dey]