Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 21 November 2017
21 Nov 2017 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Bill: Final Stage
I thank the convener, Tom Arthur, for moving the motion, and I thank Alison Harris for her speech. I also thank the clerks to the committee for their help and support during the preliminary and consideration stages.
Thanks must also go to the witnesses who presented evidence. Their helpful and co-operative approach made committee members’ jobs much easier. [Interruption.]
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Linda Fabiani)
SNP
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-08596, in the name of Tom Arthur, on the final stage of the Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Bill. Before ...
Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP)
SNP
I am pleased to open the final stage proceedings on the Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Bill, and I again thank my fellow committee members—Mary Fee and Aliso...
Alison Harris (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
As Tom Arthur has outlined, the money that was raised by the Edinburgh bakers’ widows’ scheme was used to pay annuities to widows of contributors to the fund...
Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I thank the convener, Tom Arthur, for moving the motion, and I thank Alison Harris for her speech. I also thank the clerks to the committee for their help an...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Excuse me. I ask for a bit of quiet in the chamber, please. I am finding it difficult to hear Ms Fee, which is unusual. Members: Oh!
Mary Fee
Lab
Thank you, Presiding Officer—I think. Given the current interest in the art of baking—I cite the very popular “The Great British Bake Off”, which I have to ...