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The amendments to motion S2M-2240 fall, so the new first question is, that amendment S2M-2241.2, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, which seeks to amend motion S2M-2241, in the name of Hugh Henry, on victims and witnesses, be agreed to.
That is why there has been such a response to the Executive's consultation on a total ban on smoking in public places. You acknowledge that a lot of new evidence is being received, so would it make sense to wait and hear that evidence, which is being received in response to proposals for a total ban?
The regulations before us today will restore that right to parents of children at local authority schools and will introduce a new right for parents of children at independent and grant-aided schools.The Scottish Executive issued guidance to local authorities in March 2002 to assist them in handling requests for access to records during the interim period u...
I am relatively comfortable about doing some work on the legislative timetable because there have been times when we have all been frustrated, particularly at stage 3, when we have had to consider amendments and new measures that have been introduced at that stage.
I attend the meeting as committee substitute for Irene Oldfather.I am new to the argument, although I accept that there are respectable arguments for and against postal voting.
The code plays a key part in determining how effective a new freedom of information regime will be, so we need to consider the issue.Rather than our simply taking written evidence, it would be worth appointing a reporter to examine the matter.
That contrasts favourably with increasing policing by recruiting new individuals, who have to be trained before they can assume their responsibilities, which entails delay in the provision of police officers and has cost implications.
That the Parliament welcomes the opportunity to debate the Nicholson Committee's recommendations following the review of Scotland's liquor licensing laws and endorses the proposed legislative principles for a new licensing system, of the prevention of crime or disorder, the promotion of public safety, the prevention of public nuisance, the promotion of heal...
We will issue a survey early in the new year and will try, in presenting the findings of that survey, to tease out the views of back benchers and to get different perspectives from the various political groups.
I do not quite see Iain Smith's argument against the proposal. He thinks that the new wording would introduce unclarity, but surely there is unclarity at the moment, which is what is causing the dispute between the two lots of lawyers.