Meeting of the Parliament 16 March 2016
Good morning. The first item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-15939, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament agrees that, during stage 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill—
(a) debate on the groups of amendments specified below shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion no later than the time limits indicated;
(b) time limits shall exclude any period when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a suspension following the first division in the morning session being called or the first division following the lunch break being called) or otherwise not in progress:
Morning session (time limits calculated from the beginning of stage 3 proceedings)
Groups 1 and 2: 30 minutes
Groups 3 and 4: 1 hour 10 minutes
Group 5 and 6: 2 hours 10 minutes
Afternoon session (time limits calculated from time following the lunch break at which Group 7 begins)
Groups 7, 8 and 9: 45 minutes
Groups 10, 11 and 12: 1 hour 25 minutes
Groups 13 and 14: 1 hour 45 minutes
Groups 15, 16 and 17: 2 hours 10 minutes
Groups 18, 19 and 20: 2 hours 55 minutes—[Joe FitzPatrick.]
Motion agreed to.
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