Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 08 November 2018
08 Nov 2018 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Prescription (Scotland) Bill
Until this point, the Prescription (Scotland) Bill has made its way through the parliamentary process barely noticed. Members can be thankful to the DPLR Committee for doing the heavy work on the bill and protecting them from its intricacies, and I thank the committee’s clerks. Members would have been none the wiser about the bill until Richard Leonard brought it to the First Minister’s attention earlier today. No doubt a nation will now be watching the debate agog, thanks to Mr Leonard.
The bill may not have set the heather on fire until today, but it is important nonetheless. Gordon Lindhurst spoke at length—well, it certainly seemed that way—during the stage 1 debate, and—[Interruption.]
Gordon Lindhurst (Lothian) (Con) rose—
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine Grahame)
SNP
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-14665, in the name of Ash Denham, on the Prescription (Scotland) Bill at stage 3. Before I invite Ash De...
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Humza Yousaf)
SNP
For the purposes of rule 9.11 of the standing orders, I advise the Parliament that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Prescription (Scot...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Thank you. 16:32
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Denham)
SNP
I am pleased to be here today to open the debate on the Prescription (Scotland) Bill. I thank members of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee for th...
Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
Until this point, the Prescription (Scotland) Bill has made its way through the parliamentary process barely noticed. Members can be thankful to the DPLR Com...
Graham Simpson
Con
I give way to Mr Lindhurst.
Gordon Lindhurst
Con
In fairness to me, now that my contribution—or non-contribution—has been mentioned, does the member agree that it would be helpful if, given the question of ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
That intervention was somewhat lengthy, but I will give you some of your time back, Mr Simpson.
Graham Simpson
Con
I think that I agree with Mr Lindhurst, Presiding Officer. You can see why his catchphrase is a dry pause. Laughter. This Scottish Law Commission bill aims t...
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab)
Lab
Prescription might be a technical area of law, but it undoubtedly has very direct and real human consequences. It is right that we reform the law not only to...
Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD)
LD
I know that time is short, and I do not want to speak for long. However, the controversy surrounding the amendments that were debated earlier makes it worth ...
Ash Denham
SNP
I thank all the members today for their speeches in what has been an important debate. I have listened to what has been said and I welcome the support offere...