Plenary, 28 Feb 2008

Meeting date: Thursday, February 28, 2008

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Business Motion

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S3M-1431, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Bill.

I call on Bruce Crawford to move motion S3M-1431—oh dear, he is not in the chamber. I ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning to move the motion in lieu of Mr Crawford. [Interruption.] Sorry. It has been pointed out to me that a member of the Parliamentary Bureau must move the timetabling motion. I therefore ask Mr McLetchie whether he is willing to move it.

It is a rare honour. We are getting into practice for the future.

I move,

That the Parliament agrees that, during Stage 3 of the Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Bill, debate on groups of amendments shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion by the time limit indicated, that time limit being calculated from when the Stage begins and excluding any periods when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a suspension following the first division in the Stage being called) or otherwise not in progress:

Group 1: 20 minutes.

Motion agreed to.