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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-20101, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on a change to bus...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-20068, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a busi...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I call Douglas Lumsden to speak to and move amendment S6M-20068.1. 17:22

Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

There is a spare slot next Thursday, so, instead of MSPs sloping off early— Members: Oh!

Douglas Lumsden Con

—let us make the most of the little time that we have left in the current session of Parliament—Interruption.

The Presiding Officer NPA

Let us hear one another, colleagues.

Douglas Lumsden Con

Let us make the most of the little time we have left in the session and have a debate on the Scottish National Party Government’s energy strategy. When we c...

Douglas Lumsden Con

All of those will have to be clawed back in our bills. Will he be scrapping carbon levies that are adding to our bills and making our manufacturing industry ...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Let us hear Mr Lumsden.

Douglas Lumsden Con

Using the time next week for debate would give the SNP Government the chance to come clean on its fantasy claims and answer those questions. The debate could...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Let us hear the member.

Douglas Lumsden Con

It stinks, Presiding Officer. It is clear that, when it comes to approving large-scale energy infrastructure projects, Gillian Martin gets to be the judge, j...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I call Graeme Dey to respond on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau. 17:27

The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans (Graeme Dey) SNP

Although the member is entitled to raise the matter by this means, it is disappointing, to say the least, that his suggestion for debate has not been raised ...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Let us hear one another.

Graeme Dey SNP

On the substance of his ask, the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy recently sent a letter to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Com...

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) Green

Although I agree that lodging an amendment of this kind without taking it through the business bureau is clearly performative and has been done as a wheeze r...

Tim Eagle (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your guidance. My understanding is that the time is allocated so that any member can lodge a change to the bus...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Members can raise issues that they wish to have debated at this point, but the content of members’ contributions is generally a matter for them. The chair wi...

Patrick Harvie Green

Having made that comment, I would like the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans and his Government colleagues to be aware that others—not those w...

Graeme Dey SNP

Given all the activity that I have noted and the fact that there is already a parliamentary process covering the topic, the request for a debate, certainly a...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The question is that, amendment S6M-20068.1, in the name of Douglas Lumsden, which seeks to amend motion S6M-20068, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of t...

The Presiding Officer NPA

There will be a division. There will be a short suspension to allow members to access digital voting. 17:31 Meeting suspended. 17:33 On resuming—

The Presiding Officer NPA

We come to the vote on amendment S6M-20068.1, in the name of Douglas Lumsden, which seeks to amend motion S6M-20068, in the name of Graeme Dey. Members shoul...

Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app would not work. I would have voted yes.

The Presiding Officer NPA

Thank you, Ms White. We will ensure that that is recorded. For Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Ind) Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con) Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeen...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The result of the division on amendment S6M-20068.1, in the name of Douglas Lumsden, is: For 34, Against 89, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.

The Presiding Officer NPA

The next question is, that motion S6M-20068, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme, be agreed to...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-20069, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on timetabling of ...