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Are members agreed to ask for an interim report instead of demanding a report by our initial date? Usually, if the committee demands that a report should be submitted by a certain date, we must ensure that we mean that particular date; but given that these matters are continui...
Does the SQA mean that exam results will be issued on Tuesday 14 August, or that the marking will be finished on that date, which seems a bit late? No date is given for the announcement of results.
Can you clarify your earlier point about dates for lodging bills? At the moment, under standing orders, there are two dates in the year when a bill can be lodged.
We expect it to complete its parliamentary stages before the summer recess. The minister will be aware that, during the stage 1 debate on the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill, I raised the issue of performing animals in circuses.
All I know is that Alex Neil's ambitions on dates are unachievable. We will do something about this problem and we will do it as soon as is practically possible.A number of specific points have been made in the debate, which we will try to answer at a later date.
Will we include a sentence that refers to the minister's pledge and says that, as of the date on which the legacy paper was agreed to, the committee had not received an order to commence the provisions but expected it to be made by the end of the month?
Perhaps we should include that in our legacy paper. I am mindful of the fact that dates can move. Yes. I will ensure that that happens.Are members content to report to the Parliament that the committee has no recommendation to make in respect of the order?
We are attempting to address the situation by making this Friday the cut-off date for late submissions. I want to thank my fellow MSPs who attended for not pressing their request-to-speak buttons.