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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-13493, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a b...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I call Liz Smith to speak to and move amendment S6M-13493.1. 17:42

Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Con

It is my understanding that, prior to the Presiding Officer’s selection of my topical question yesterday, the Minister for Parliamentary Business had intende...

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic (Kate Forbes) SNP

Does Liz Smith accept that the programme still has at least a year to run? If all the money had been spent by now, that would be somewhat dubious, considerin...

Liz Smith Con

I have spent quite a lot of this morning reading up on the EU rules on this, and I understand what is being asked for, but I remind the Deputy First Minister...

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) Lab

I rise in support of the appeal to change the business motion for the following key reasons. The first is the quantum of the sums involved. We are talking ab...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I call the minister to respond on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau. 17:46

The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Jamie Hepburn) SNP

It is the case that I received a request from the Conservative Party to schedule a ministerial statement on EU structural funds for this week. I wrote to bus...

Martin Whitfield (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab

Is it not the case that, following the topical question, it would appear from the contributions from either side of the chamber that further questions have a...

Jamie Hepburn SNP

There are many mechanisms and means by which members can do that. I note that Mr Johnson said that the topical question was not enough. I am unaware of wheth...

Daniel Johnson Lab

Does the minister accept that sometimes the facts change? When the facts change, so should his position. Does he not accept that, given that further question...

Jamie Hepburn SNP

The fact is that Mr Johnson did not bother to press his button yesterday to seek to ask a question. In the short period in which I have held the office that ...

Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) Con

I say for the record, because the minutes of the bureau do not go into the detail that would allow what was said to be reflected, that I did say that we woul...

Jamie Hepburn SNP

I am making the point—I make it again—that I am a reasonable person. If we had had a fuller discussion, we could have considered scheduling the statement. Pa...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The question is, that amendment S6M-13493.1, in the name of Liz Smith, which seeks to amend motion S6M-13493, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the ...

The Presiding Officer NPA

There will be a division. There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system. 17:50 Meeting suspended. 17:52 On resuming—

The Presiding Officer NPA

We come to the vote on amendment S6M-13493.1, in the name of Liz Smith. Members should cast their vote now. For Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Baker, C...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The result of the division on amendment S6M-13493.1, in the name of Liz Smith, is: For 55, Against 56, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.

The Presiding Officer NPA

The next question is, that motion S6M-13493, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme, be agreed...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-13494, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on a stage 1 ex...