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Meeting of the Parliament 26 March 2025

26 Mar 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
Johnstone, Alison NPA Lothian Watch on SPTV

The question on the motion will be put at decision time.

The next item of business is consideration of four Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move motions S6M-16943 and S6M-16944, on approval of SSIs, and motions S6M-16945 and S6M-16946, on designation of lead committees.

Motions moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Part 2 Further Extension) Order 2025 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Budget (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the legislative consent memorandum relating to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (UK Legislation).

That the Parliament agrees that the Education, Children and Young People Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.—[Jamie Hepburn].

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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-16942, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. I ask the minister, on b...
The Presiding Officer NPA
I call Miles Briggs. You have up to three minutes, Mr Briggs. 17:31
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con) Con
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Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab
Does the member agree that the Government is perhaps counting its chickens here? We have been asked to give it powers to appoint to a board that has not yet ...
Miles Briggs Con
I absolutely agree. With so many pieces of proposed legislation, the Scottish Government has either been incompetent, as with the National Care Service (Scot...
John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (Ind) Ind
Does the member agree that it is quite normal for legislation to go through at the same time as a provisional board is approved? From memory, I think that th...
Miles Briggs Con
We want to get this right, which is why it is important that ministers take all members of Parliament with them on this journey. The SQA is transitioning to ...
The Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans (Graeme Dey) SNP
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills is representing Scotland at the international summit on the teaching profession, along with the Educational In...
Pam Duncan-Glancy Lab
The cabinet secretary gave a significant commitment to members across parties that she would be very open to changing the legislation, although we are yet to...
Graeme Dey SNP
I re-read the Official Report of the committee session before coming to the chamber—all 40 minutes’ worth of it—and it was quite clear that each of the membe...
Miles Briggs Con
Will the minister give way?
Graeme Dey SNP
Yes, I will give way.
Miles Briggs Con
Does the minister accept that the timetabling would work much better if we had the opportunity to get the Parliament’s view at stage 2? We could then see wha...
Graeme Dey SNP
With respect to Mr Briggs, that reflects the fact that minds were made up and were never going to be changed, regardless of the assurances that the cabinet s...
Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con
The session that the Education, Children and Young People Committee had was useful. The minister knows that committees are entitled to up to 90 minutes to di...
Graeme Dey SNP
It is an interesting argument, given that I think that Mr Ross and the rest of the committee voted for the bill’s principles.
Douglas Ross Con
If significant amendments were made.
Graeme Dey SNP
I acknowledge the potential for significant amendment, but nevertheless committee members supported the bill’s principles. To answer the specific point abo...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time. The next item of business is consideration of four Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Jamie Hepbur...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The question on the motions will be put at decision time.