Meeting of the Parliament 14 December 2022
Indeed, since the Scottish National Party and the Greens joined forces, racing through legislation without scrutiny has become the norm. Its reasoning for rushing the bill is completely unacceptable—and we all know what it is—and it is even more unreasonable when all the other issues that I have mentioned are considered, as they are now being sidelined.
It is interesting to note how much importance has been placed on finishing the gender bill before 2023 when we consider that the last week before recess is usually when the Government rolls out a list of its failures and embarrassments in the hope that the festive break will swallow them all up. Well, last week the minister tried to score a cheap point by suggesting that we would close down Parliament early for Christmas, so today I ask him to put his money where his mouth is and support my amendment so that Parliament has a proper programme of work next Thursday instead of the half day that he and his party’s MSPs hope for.
I urge all members to support my amendment.
I move amendment S6M-07242.1, to leave out from
“followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill”
to
“12.45 pm Decision Time”
and insert
“followed by Ministerial Statement: Climate Change Report
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Scottish Budget 2023-24
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 21 December 2022
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions:
Rural Affairs and Islands;
Health and Social Care
followed by Ministerial Statement: National Planning Framework 4 Update
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Agriculture Bill: Next Steps
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 22 December 2022
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
followed by Members’ Business
2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Portfolio Questions:
Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
followed by Ministerial Statement: Curriculum for Excellence Achievement Statistics
followed by Ministerial Statement: Biodiversity Strategy
followed by Ministerial Statement: Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) 2 Report
4.25 pm Decision Time”.
17:17Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.