Contents
- Urgent Question
- Portfolio Question Time
- Point of Order
- Budget (Scotland) (No 2) Bill: Stage 3
- Business Motions
- Parliamentary Bureau Motions
- Decision Time
- St John’s Hospital Children’s Ward
Point of Order
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Can you confirm that questions that appear in the Business Bulletin have been deemed admissible for the portfolio in question?
I ask because I was quite keen to ask about tree preservation orders at Faskine and Woodhall, but I was told that trees are rural—which probably comes as a surprise to some of the trees in Coatbridge. [Laughter.] Therefore I had to couch my question to the minister in rather different terms. I wanted to ask the minister’s opinion on environmental protection and on issues related to land being designated as park and nature reserve.
Can you confirm that when questions appear in the Business Bulletin, they have been deemed admissible?
I thank the member for her point of order. Yes, all questions that have been selected have been deemed admissible.
The member will also know that the chamber desk and the Government work together as closely as possible to make sure that the questions are allocated to the correct brief. Doing so is not always possible, but we always try. Answers, of course, are the responsibility of the minister.