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Type Bills Completed Rate
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Committee 10 10 100.0%
Hybrid 1 1 100.0%
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SP Bill 13

Fire Sprinklers in Residential Premises (Scotland) Bill

Type
Member's
Sponsor
Matheson, Michael
Stage records
2
Inferred status
Stopped/fell
Matched timetable motions
3

Stage timeline

  1. Stage 1
    Unknown
  2. Introduced
    17 Nov 2003 · Watch on SPTV ↗

Bureau motions that timetabled this bill

Business Motion 01 Apr 2004
S2M-01125 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees— (a)\tthat consideration of the Local Governance (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 be completed by 4 June 2004; \r(b)\tthat the timetable for consideration of the Fire Sprinklers in Residential Premises (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 be extended to 8 October 2004; and\r(c)\tthat the Justice 1 Committee reports to the Justice 2 Committee by 16 April 2004 on the Police Grant (Scotland) Order 2004, (SSI 2004/120); the Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 (SSI/2004/121); and the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2004 (SSI/2004/126).\r
Business Motion 15 Jan 2004
S2M-00781 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees— \r \r(a) that the Justice 1 Committee reports to the Justice 2 Committee by 30 January 2004 on the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Amendment Order 2003 (SSI 2003/621); and\r\r(b) that consideration of the Fire Sprinklers in Residential Premises (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 be completed by 30 April 2004.\r
Designation of Lead Committee 26 Nov 2003
S2M-00652 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees that the Communities Committee be designated as lead committee in consideration of the Fire Sprinklers in Residential Premises (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.\r