Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 13 June 2012
13 Jun 2012 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Business Motions
The United Nations conference on sustainable development—also known as Rio+20—will take place from 20 to 22 June. In the recent members’ business debate on the summit, there was broad support for the Scottish Government’s decision to attend the conference. Stewart Stevenson will be there with colleagues. During that debate, regarding the Government’s decision to attend the conference, my colleague Alison Johnstone asked the minister whether the Government would seek time to bring a full debate to the chamber, in Government time, on the outcome of the summit.
I speak to the business motion in order to seek a commitment from the Government to hold such a debate in the week before the recess. It is expected that there will be two stage 3 debates in that week, but it seems possible that there will be very few amendments to debate, so there is a good chance that there will be time in hand to include a debate on the outcome of the Rio+20 conference.
The conference objectives are to renew the global political commitment to sustainable development; to assess the woefully limited progress that there has been towards meeting the previous commitments; and to address new and emerging challenges that the world faces. Those issues will affect the lives of people all over the world, and they are directly relevant to the Scottish Government’s commitments on climate justice, among other matters. I urge the Government to commit to devoting time in the chamber to debate the outcome of that important conference.
17:02
I speak to the business motion in order to seek a commitment from the Government to hold such a debate in the week before the recess. It is expected that there will be two stage 3 debates in that week, but it seems possible that there will be very few amendments to debate, so there is a good chance that there will be time in hand to include a debate on the outcome of the Rio+20 conference.
The conference objectives are to renew the global political commitment to sustainable development; to assess the woefully limited progress that there has been towards meeting the previous commitments; and to address new and emerging challenges that the world faces. Those issues will affect the lives of people all over the world, and they are directly relevant to the Scottish Government’s commitments on climate justice, among other matters. I urge the Government to commit to devoting time in the chamber to debate the outcome of that important conference.
17:02
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