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Ministerial Appointment We come to the extra business on the business bulletin, which is a debate on motion S1M-1775, in the name of the First Minister, on the appointment of a junior minister.
The next question concerns councils' role as strategic authorities. Councils will have a number of extra burdens placed on them as a consequence of the bill.
Efforts are being made to get supplies back to normal as quickly as possible. I understand that extra tankers and drivers have been rostered at the Grangemouth refinery and that tanker loads are leaving the refinery every few minutes.
Ministers were given sweeping discretion by that legislation to introduce statutory instruments that affected existing legislation. Therefore, the extra reassurance of the super-affirmative procedure was introduced.
A couple of weeks ago, we spoke about hanging fire until we get our first main report on employment patterns in rural areas completed, before we bid for time for debate.It is a good idea to use the report and give it an extra push when it comes out. I feel strongly about that.
The Finance Committee and the Minister for Finance will both come under extreme pressure for extra spending commitments. For example, there is a lot of pressure in our party for the removal of capping limits on borrowing consents in local government.
The lead committee will examine the amendments and express its point of view. That committee therefore has an extra word on those amendments, whereas the secondary and tertiary committees, who were involved at stage 1, but have lost that involvement at stage 2, do not.