Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid)

Meeting date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Official Report 846KB pdf

Decision Time

There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S5M-21778, in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville, on the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill.

The second question is, that motion S5M-20970, in the name of Kate Forbes, on the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill financial resolution, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3(b) of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.

The final question is, that motion S5M-21684, in the name of Kate Forbes, on the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill financial resolution, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill, agrees to—

(a) any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3(b) of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act, and

(b) any charge or payment in relation to which Rule 9.12.4 of the Standing Orders applies arising in consequence of the Act.