Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, November 27, 2014

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The next item of business is consideration of four Parliamentary Bureau motions. Members should be aware that a revised section A, setting out a revision to today’s business, has been issued and copies are available at the back of the chamber. It includes two additional Parliamentary Bureau motions on committee membership and substitution on committees. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motions S4M-11689 and S4M-11738, on committee membership, and S4M-11690 and S4M-11739, on substitution on committees.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that—

Alison Johnstone be appointed to replace Patrick Harvie as a member of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee and

Patrick Harvie be appointed to replace Alison Johnstone as a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Patrick Harvie be appointed to replace Alison Johnstone as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee and

Alison Johnstone be appointed to replace Patrick Harvie as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Nigel Don be appointed to replace Willie Coffey as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

David Torrance be appointed to replace Bruce Crawford as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

Gil Paterson be appointed to replace James Dornan as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

Dave Thompson be appointed to replace Richard Lyle as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee;

Mark McDonald be appointed to replace Jamie Hepburn as a member of the Finance Committee;

Adam Ingram be appointed to replace Clare Adamson as a member of the European and External Relations Committee;

Sandra White be appointed to replace Marco Biagi as a member of the Equal Opportunities Committee;

Kenny MacAskill be appointed to replace Chic Brodie as a member of the Public Petitions Committee;

John Mason be appointed to replace Mike MacKenzie as a member of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee;

Gordon MacDonald be appointed to replace Mike MacKenzie as a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee;

Richard Lyle be appointed to replace Marco Biagi as a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee;

Mike MacKenzie be appointed to replace Gil Paterson as a member of the Health and Sport Committee;

Dennis Robertson be appointed to replace Aileen McLeod as a member of the Health and Sport Committee;

Gil Paterson be appointed to replace Sandra White as a member of the Justice Committee;

Willie Coffey be appointed to replace Mark McDonald as a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee;

Clare Adamson be appointed to replace Stuart McMillan as a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee;

Michael Russell be appointed to replace Nigel Don as a member of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee;

James Dornan be appointed to replace Gordon MacDonald as a member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee;

Mike MacKenzie be appointed to replace Maureen Watt as a member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee;

Christina McKelvie be appointed to replace Annabelle Ewing as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee;

Joan McAlpine be appointed to replace Linda Fabiani as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee;

Clare Adamson be appointed to replace Jamie Hepburn as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee;

Mark McDonald be appointed to replace Annabelle Ewing as a member of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee; and

Chic Brodie be appointed to replace Clare Adamson as a member of the Education and Culture Committee.

That the Parliament agrees that—

Sandra White be appointed to replace David Torrance as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Public Audit Committee;

Fiona McLeod be appointed to replace Annabelle Ewing as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Finance Committee;

Kenny MacAskill be appointed to replace David Torrance as the Scottish National Party substitute on the European and External Relations Committee;

David Torrance be appointed to replace Bob Doris as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Equal Opportunities Committee;

Bruce Crawford be appointed to replace Stewart Maxwell as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee;

James Dornan be appointed to replace Joan McAlpine as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Education and Culture Committee;

Graeme Dey be appointed to replace Dennis Robertson as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Health and Sport Committee;

Michael Russell be appointed to replace Maureen Watt as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Justice Committee;

Christian Allard be appointed to replace Roderick Campbell as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee; and

Linda Fabiani be appointed to replace Gil Paterson as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.—[Joe FitzPatrick.]

The questions on the motions will be put at decision Time.