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Local Government and Regeneration Committee 09 March 2016

09 Mar 2016 · S4 · Local Government and Regeneration Committee

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Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Stewart, Kevin SNP Aberdeen Central Watch on SPTV

We move to our first substantive item. Item 2 is stage 2 consideration of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill. I welcome back to the committee the Minister for Public Health, Maureen Watt. She is supported by Scottish Government officials. Before we move to consideration of amendments, it will be helpful if I set out the procedure for stage 2. Everyone should have the bill, the marshalled list and the groupings of amendments, as published on Monday. 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 she has not already spoken on the group, I will invite the minister to contribute to the debate just 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 to do so. 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 to seek to withdraw it. If they wish to press, I will put the question on the 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 a 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 the amendment. If no one 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 all divisions 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, so I will put the question on each section at the appropriate point. Members will be aware that, as agreed by Parliament, consideration of the bill at stage 2 has been split between the Health and Sport Committee and this committee. At the Health and Sport Committee’s meeting yesterday, it considered section 36 and sections 46 to 55 and amendments that related primarily to those sections or to the disposal of ashes by cremation authorities. That included agreeing to amendments to section 37 and section 75. This committee will consider the remainder of the bill today. I hope that that is all pretty clear. I now move on to consideration of amendments. Section 1—Meaning of “burial ground”

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