Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 03 March 2026 [Draft]
03 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings of the Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill.
In dealing with the amendments, members should have the bill as amended at stage 2—that is, SP bill 76A—and the marshalled list.
The division bill will sound and proceedings will be suspended for around five minutes if there is a division. The period of voting for the division will be 30 seconds. Members who wish to speak in the debate on the amendments should press their request-to-speak button or enter RTS in the chat function as soon as amendment 1 is called. Members should now refer to the marshalled list of amendments.
Section 4—What constitutes an offer
In the same item of business
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings of the Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill.In dealing with the amendments, members should have...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
I call amendment 1, in the name of the Minister for Victims and Community Safety.
The Minister for Victims and Community Safety (Siobhian Brown)
SNP
I will be brief. Section 4 specifies what constitutes an offer—that is, a proposal made to one or more persons containing sufficiently definite terms to form...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Since no other member has sought to participate, does the minister have anything to add by way of a wind-up speech?
Siobhian Brown
SNP
No, I do not.Amendment 1 agreed to.
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
That ends consideration of amendments.As members will be aware, the Presiding Officer is required under standing orders to decide whether, in her view, any p...