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Chamber and committees

Plenary, 30 Apr 2008

Meeting date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008


Contents


Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Alasdair Morgan):

The next item of business is consideration of three Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Bruce Crawford to move motion S3M-1806, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument; S3M-1807, on the office of the clerk; and S3M-1808, on parliamentary recess dates.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the draft Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, the Office of the Clerk will be open on all days except: Saturdays and Sundays, 28 November 2008, 24 December (pm), 25 and 26 December 2008, 1 and 2 January 2009, 10 and 13 April 2009, 4 May, 22 and 25 May 2009.

That the Parliament agrees the following parliamentary recess dates under Rule 2.3.1: 20 December 2008 – 4 January 2009 (inclusive), 14 – 22 February 2009 (inclusive), 4 – 19 April 2009 (inclusive) and 27 June – 30 August 2009 (inclusive).—[Bruce Crawford.]

The question on the motions will be put at decision time.