Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 03 December 2015
03 Dec 2015 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
National Galleries of Scotland Bill: Preliminary Stage
We move—at the second time of asking—to the closing speech from Fiona McLeod, on behalf of the committee.
14:53In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (John Scott)
Con
The first item of business this afternoon is a debate on motion S4M-14956, in the name of Anne McTaggart, on the National Galleries of Scotland Bill. I invit...
Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
I am pleased to open the preliminary stage debate on the National Galleries of Scotland Bill and to provide the Parliament with some background to the commit...
The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs (Fiona Hyslop)
SNP
I thank the convener of the National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee, Anne McTaggart, for her opening speech and for the work that she and the other mem...
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Lab
I am pleased to contribute to this short debate. I thank the committee members for their work, although it appears to have been remarkably straightforward fo...
Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Con
I thank the committee and put on record the Conservatives’ support for the principles of the bill. Claire Baker mentioned that, 12 years ago, the Parliament...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Con
We move to the closing speeches, and I call—Interruption. I beg your pardon. I call Jean Urquhart—forgive me, Ms Urquhart. 14:49
Jean Urquhart (Highlands and Islands) (Ind)
Ind
I forgive you, Presiding Officer. I am pleased to be part of the National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee with Anne McTaggart and Fiona McLeod. My inte...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Con
We move—at the second time of asking—to the closing speech from Fiona McLeod, on behalf of the committee. 14:53
Fiona McLeod (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
SNP
I thank all the members who have taken part in the debate and highlighted the exciting opportunities that the bill presents for the Scottish national gallery...