Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 21 January 2014
21 Jan 2014 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill: Preliminary Stage
On the basis of the evidence that we have received, the committee is supportive of the bill’s objectives and believes that a private bill is the necessary and appropriate way to proceed.
I am grateful to my fellow committee members for their hard work and to the clerks for their work in connection with the bill.
I move,
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill and that the bill should proceed as a private bill.
16:46In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Elaine Smith)
Lab
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-08734, in the name of John Lamont, on the City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) B...
John Lamont (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)
Con
I am pleased to open the preliminary stage debate on the City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill, and to provide the Parliament wi...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Lab
I am afraid that you must draw to a close, please.
John Lamont
Con
On the basis of the evidence that we have received, the committee is supportive of the bill’s objectives and believes that a private bill is the necessary an...
Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab)
Lab
I am pleased to support the bill in its totality, although, as the local member for Leith Links, I have a particular interest in the first part of the bill. ...
Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
As a member of the City of Edinburgh Council (Leith Links and Surplus Fire Fund) Bill Committee, I am pleased to contribute briefly to the debate, which deal...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Lab
Order, please. The fact that chatting was going on meant that the member thought that someone was trying to intervene.
Anne McTaggart
Lab
The consultation process afforded the opportunity to seek guidance from Police Scotland, which, following its viewing of the initial plans, indicated that th...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Lab
I invite Sandra White to wind up the debate on behalf of the committee. You have six minutes. 16:53
Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP)
SNP
I thank the convener, John Lamont, and congratulate him on his highly informative contribution. I am sure that most members in the chamber found it extremely...
The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick)
NPA
Please do. If you could continue to five o’clock, I would be most grateful.
Sandra White
SNP
Thank you very much. I just wondered whether it was all right to continue. I am not one for complaining, but I could not hear myself speak. It is really im...
Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Will the member give way?
Sandra White
SNP
Presiding Officer?
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Certainly.
Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
I know that the member is a visitor to Leith Links because I remember bumping into her at the funfair at the Leith festival last year. The statue will obviou...
Sandra White
SNP
That was a very welcome intervention. I met Mr Chisholm at the funfair on Leith Links, when I was with my granddaughter and Mr Chisholm was with his. Certain...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Our thanks are due to you, Ms White.