Hansard

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-20749, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a b...

Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind) Ind

I wish to raise a matter of some considerable importance. I have given notice and a draft copy of my speech to the Presiding Officer, the Cabinet Secretary f...

Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

Will the member take an intervention?

Fergus Ewing Ind

I will take an intervention in one minute when I finish this point.However, section 170 was written not as a work of fiction by Joseph Heller but as a provis...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I say at this point that this item is to seek changes to future business, and it is important that that is borne in mind.

Liam Kerr Con

Perhaps I may assist then, Presiding Officer. I remind members that I am a practising solicitor.Clearly, if Scots law breaches the right to a fair trial unde...

Fergus Ewing Ind

Indeed. I will cut to the chase, Presiding Officer. I appreciate—and I have communicated this to the Minister for Parliamentary Business—that there is not en...

Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) Con

Presiding Officer, I did not give you prior notice of my intent to speak. In relation to the business programme, I ask for parliamentary time to be scheduled...

The Presiding Officer NPA

I call the Minister for Parliamentary Business to respond on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau.17:17

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

I thank Fergus Ewing both for the advance notice of his intention to air the matter that he did and for the accompanying detail that he provided.The Governme...

Fergus Ewing Ind

I accept the argument that Mr Dey has produced—that we wait until February 2026—but I cannot see why, after February 2026, there should not be a ministerial ...

Graeme Dey SNP

I am making the point that, if we get into the situation that I have referred to, there will have to be careful consideration of the judgment and any action ...

Rachael Hamilton Con

Will the minister take an intervention?

The Presiding Officer NPA

The minister has concluded.The question is, that motion S6M-20749 be agreed to.Motion agreed to,That the Parliament agrees—(a) the following programme of bus...