Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, February 8, 2018

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Decision Time

There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S5M-10358, in the name of Humza Yousaf, on the Islands (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

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

The second and final question is that motion S5M-09803, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the financial resolution for the Islands (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Islands (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.