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Meeting of the Parliament 25 June 2025

25 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill
Johnstone, Alison NPA Lothian Watch on SPTV

The next item of business is consideration of legislative consent motion S6M-18078, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024, relating to local government elections (clause 1), elections to the Scottish Parliament (clause 2) and commencement and transitional provision (clause 4), so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Jamie Hepburn]

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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA
The next item of business is consideration of legislative consent motion S6M-18078, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland...
Martin Whitfield (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab
I give my apologies to those who are in the chamber and those who are watching, who I will detain for slightly longer before decision time because of the Abs...
The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Jamie Hepburn) SNP
I thank Martin Whitfield for giving me the opportunity to speak a little more—I will not speak for long—about the legislative consent motion. I should say th...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.