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Local Government and Regeneration Committee 20 May 2015

20 May 2015 · S4 · Local Government and Regeneration Committee

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Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Stewart, Kevin SNP Aberdeen Central Watch on SPTV

Good morning and welcome to the 15th meeting in 2015 of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee. If you wish to use tablet devices or mobile phones during the meeting, please switch them to flight mode as they may otherwise affect the broadcasting system. Some committee members may consult tablet devices during the meeting because we provide meeting papers in digital format. Apologies have been received from Cara Hilton. Our only item of business today is our second day of stage 2 consideration of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill. I welcome back Michael Matheson MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice. I also welcome Dr Richard Simpson MSP, who is attending to speak to amendments in his name. Today we will consider sections 41 to 59 and all amendments to those sections; the sections form part 2 of the bill and amend the alcohol licensing system in Scotland. I remind members that, as the office of the clerk is closed on Friday 22 and Monday 25 May, the deadline for lodging amendments to parts 3 and 4 is 12 noon today. Before we move on to consideration of amendments, it would be helpful if I set out the stage 2 procedure. Everyone should have with them a copy of the bill as introduced, the marshalled list of amendments that was published on Monday, and the groupings of amendments, which sets out the amendments in the order in which they will be debated. There will be one debate on each group of amendments. I will call the member who lodged the first amendment in each group to speak to and move their amendment and to speak to all the other amendments in the group. Members who have not lodged amendments in the group but who wish to speak should indicate by catching my attention in the usual way. If he has not already spoken on the group, I will invite the cabinet secretary to contribute to the debate before I move to the winding-up speech. As with a debate in the chamber, the member who is winding up on a group may take interventions from other members if they wish. The debate on each group will be concluded by me inviting the member who moved the first amendment in the group to wind up. Following the debate on each group, I will check whether the member who moved the first amendment in the group wishes to press their amendment to a vote or withdraw it. If they wish to press ahead, I will put the question on that amendment. If a member wishes to withdraw their amendment after it has been moved, they must seek the committee’s agreement to do so. If any committee member objects, the committee must immediately move to the vote on the amendment. If any member does not want to move their amendment when I call it, they should say, “Not moved.” Please remember that any other MSP may move such an amendment. If no member moves the amendment, I will immediately call the next amendment on the marshalled list. Only committee members are allowed to vote at stage 2. Voting in any division is by show of hands. It is important that members keep their hands clearly raised until the clerk has recorded the vote. The committee is required to indicate formally that it has considered and agreed each section of the bill, and so I will put the question on each section at the appropriate point. Today we will go no further than the end of part 2 of the bill. Sections 41 and 42 agreed to. After section 42

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