Rural Development Committee, 18 Sep 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 18, 2001

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Time Limit on Debates

Rule 10.4.2 of standing orders provides that the maximum time to debate an affirmative instrument is 90 minutes. Given that we have an extremely busy day ahead of us, I request that we limit discussion on agenda item 3 on the fishing vessels decommissioning scheme to 30 minutes.

Richard Lochhead and I have had a wee chat about that. Thirty minutes is a little too little. We recognise that we have a tight schedule, but we propose 45 minutes.

I agree with that.

I will happily take that on board. We shall limit the time on item 3 to 45 minutes, but try to keep it to 30 minutes if we possibly can. Obviously, I will not try to restrict discussion.

I take this opportunity to welcome back Richard Lochhead and Cathy Jamieson, who have been very busy representing the Parliament in Australia. It is nice to have you back with us.

Thank you, new convener.