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Local Government and Regeneration Committee 18 March 2015

18 Mar 2015 · S4 · Local Government and Regeneration Committee

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Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Stewart, Kevin SNP Aberdeen Central Watch on SPTV

Good morning, and welcome to the 10th meeting in 2015 of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee. If people wish to use tablets or mobile phones during the meeting, they should please switch them to flight mode, as they may affect the broadcasting system. Committee members may consult tablets during the meeting, because we provide meeting papers in digital format. We have received apologies from Clare Adamson, and I welcome Stewart Stevenson as Clare’s substitute this morning. Agenda item 1 is the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill. It is day 3 of our stage 2 consideration of the bill. I welcome back Marco Biagi, the Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment. I also welcome Alison Johnstone and Ken Macintosh. Later in the proceedings, we will also be joined by Alison McInnes. Everyone should have a copy of the bill as introduced, the latest marshalled list of amendments and the list of 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 that by catching my attention in the usual way. If the minister has not already spoken on the group, I will invite him to contribute to the debate just before I move to the winding-up speech. The debate on each group will be concluded by my 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 to withdraw it. If they wish to press it, 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 to that, 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 one moves the amendment, I will immediately call the next amendment on the marshalled list. Only committee members or their official substitutes are allowed to vote at stage 2. Voting in any division is by a show of hands, and 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, so I will put the question on each section at the appropriate point. After section 62

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