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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 27 Oct 1999

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999


Contents


Decision Time

The Presiding Officer (Sir David Steel):

There are no Parliamentary Bureau motions to be considered, so we move straight to decision time. Before I call the votes, I ask members to check whether they have the right card in front of them; if they do not, there will be fraudulent votes. [Laughter.] I was not looking in any particular direction.

The first question is, that amendment S1M-221.1, in the name of Mr Alex Salmond, which seeks to amend S1M-221, in the name of Ms Wendy Alexander, on domestic violence, be agreed to.

Amendment agreed to.

The second question is, that motion S1M-221, in the name of Ms Wendy Alexander, as amended, be agreed to.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

That the Parliament supports the final Workplan prepared by the Scottish Partnership on Domestic Abuse and welcomes the establishment by the Scottish Executive of a Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund to improve local arrangements for assisting women and children who are victims of domestic abuse while at the same time recognising that a national strategy which includes public education and prevention programmes, shelter and support services and law enforcement initiatives remains an essential part of the campaign.

That concludes decision time.