Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2024
20 Nov 2024 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Business Motions
The result of the division on motion S6M-15545, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill: timetable and procedures for consideration, is: For 92, Against 31, Abstentions 0.
Motion agreed to,
That, subject to the Parliament’s agreement that the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill be treated as an Emergency Bill, the Parliament agrees to consider the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill as follows—
Stage 1 on Thursday 21 November 2024;
and, subject to the Parliament’s agreement of the general principles of the Bill, Stages 2 and 3 on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
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In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-15545, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on the Prisoner...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
No member has asked to speak to the motion. The question is, that motion S6M-15545, on the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill: timetable and procedur...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division on motion S6M-15545, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill: timetable and procedures for ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-15540, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a b...
Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Con
The business motion adds a statement next Thursday on the publication of the A96 corridor review. Therefore, I wonder whether I can ask the minister, not for...
The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Jamie Hepburn)
SNP
I am sure that Mr Ross will welcome the fact that we are scheduling the statement, because that will give him the opportunity to ask some of the very questio...
Douglas Ross
Con
That is why, in my remarks, I said that I was not seeking to know what is in the statement. However, does the minister understand that MSPs will be better eq...
Jamie Hepburn
SNP
The latter point actually gets to the heart of the statement. That is an issue for the statement, and Mr Ross will have his opportunity that day to ask quest...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-15553, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on a change to ...