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Mr Davidson: Con Committee
07 Dec 1999
Written Agreements (Scottish Executive)
I suggest that the information should be grouped by sector, which would allow us to look at projects—such as schools, for the sake of argument—in a grouping. That would give us the details and some kind of comparison.
Mr Davidson: Con Committee
21 May 2002
Meeting (Orkney)
Why is Orkney Tourist Board grouped with rural affairs bodies, rather than with enterprise and business representatives?
Mr Davidson: Con Committee
13 Jan 2004
Petitions
Although the petitions have been grouped together, they are all slightly different. For example, PE577, in the name of Steve Law, is not about mental health services but about trying to get autism recognised as a medical condition. As far as developing those services is concer...
Mr Davidson: Con Committee
11 Jan 2005
Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I did not receive an answer—that is obviously not appropriate. Do you have any idea why all the provisions have been grouped together rather than introduced as separate pieces of legislation?
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 8, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 9 to 16.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 17, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 18 to 20.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 21, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 22 to 26.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 27, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 28 to 31.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 32, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 33 to 38 and 55 to 60.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 39, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 64.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 40, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 41.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Feb 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 42, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 43, 44, 44A, 44B, 45 to 54, 62, 63 and 65 to 68. I remind members that I will put the question on amendments 44A and 44B before I put the question on amendment 44.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 69, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 70 to 73.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 74, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 75, 76, 133, 77 and 78.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 134, in the name of Jackie Baillie, is grouped with amendments 135 to 147 and 131. If amendment 138 is agreed to, it will pre-empt amendment 107, which is for debate in a later group.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 79, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 80 to 84.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 85, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 86, 89, 94, 113, 114, 116 and 119.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 87, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 115.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 88, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 93, 95, 102, 104, 124, 128, 129 and 130.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 90, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 91, 92, 108 to 112, 117, 118 and 120 to 123.
The Convener: Con Committee
07 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 96, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 97 to 101, 103, 105 to 107, and 125.
The Convener: Con Committee
14 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 149, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 150 to 159, 179 and 180.
The Convener: Con Committee
14 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 160, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 161, 162, 175, 177, 178, 181 to 186, 188, 189, 197 and 198.
The Convener: Con Committee
14 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 163, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 164 to 174 and amendment 176.
The Convener: Con Committee
14 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 187, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 190 and 191.
The Convener: Con Committee
14 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 192, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 193 to 196.
The Convener: Con Committee
14 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 201, in the name of Colin Fox, is grouped with amendments 1 and 199.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 2, in the name of Stewart Maxwell, is grouped with amendments 2A, 233, 3, 3A, 234, 202, 203 and 235. I will put the questions on amendments 2A and 3A before the questions on amendments 2 and 3, respectively.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 4, in the name of Stewart Maxwell, is grouped with amendment 7.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 205, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 205A, 205B and 232. I remind members that I will put the question on amendments 205A and 205B before I put the question on amendment 205.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 206, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 207, 208 and 231.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 209, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 210 to 216.
The Convener: Con Committee
28 Mar 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 5, in the name of Stewart Maxwell, is grouped with amendments 6 and 204.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 217, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 218, 223 and 228 to 230.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 219, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 220 and 221.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 222, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 225 to 227.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 236, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 239 and 240.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 237, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 238.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 241, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 242.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 243, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 244 and 272.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 245, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 246 to 263.
The Convener: Con Committee
18 Apr 2006
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 266, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 267, 268 and 271.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 152, in the name of Bill Aitken, is grouped with amendments 154, 1, 2, 155, 157, 159, 7, 160, 8, 9, 161 to 163 and 20. I draw members' attention to the information on pre-emption that is given in the groupings paper.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 153, in the name of Bill Aitken, is grouped with amendment 158.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 3, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 4 to 6 and 156.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 10 is grouped with amendments 164, 11, 12, 165, 13 to 19, 186, 187, 99, 101, 191 and 102 to 108. I draw members' attention to the comments on pre-emption in the groupings document.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 166, in the name of Bill Aitken, is grouped with amendment 167.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 21, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 27, 29, 171 and 149. I draw members' attention to the pre-emption information in the groupings document.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 22, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 24, 25, 126, 127, 144 to 148, 150 and 151.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 23, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 109, 110, 114 to 116, 118 to 125 and 128 to 142.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 26, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 28 and 30.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 168, in the name of Bill Aitken, is grouped with amendments 169, 170, 172 and 173.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 192, in the name of John Swinney, is grouped with amendments 193 to 201, 203 to 205, 207 to 216, 202, 217 to 220 and 222 to 224. I draw members' attention to the pre-emption information in the list of groupings.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 31, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 32, 65, 75, 77, 78, 90, 91 and 100. I draw members' attention to the information on pre-emption that is given in the groupings list.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 33, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 34 to 38, 40, 41, 61, 67, 73, 74, 79, 80, 97, 98, 111, 112 and 143. I draw members' attention to the information on pre-emptions.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 39, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendment 60.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 176, in the name of Bill Aitken, is grouped with amendments 177, 178, 47 to 51, 55 to 57, 182, 59, 183 and 68 to 72. Before I call Bill Aitken to speak to and move amendment 176, and to speak to the other amendments in the group, I draw members' attention to the pre-...
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 42, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 43 to 46, 53, 54 and 58.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 179, in the name of Jackie Baillie, is grouped with amendments 180, 181 and 184. I point out that, if amendment 179 is agreed to, amendment 180 will become an amendment to leave out £15,000 and insert £5,000.
The Convener: Con Committee
26 Sep 2006
Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Amendment 52, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 62 to 64. I draw attention to the pre-emption information on the group.
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Committee

Finance Committee, 07 Dec 1999

07 Dec 1999 · S1 · Finance Committee
Item of business
Written Agreements (Scottish Executive)
Davidson, Mr David Con North East Scotland Watch on SPTV
I suggest that the information should be grouped by sector, which would allow us to look at projects—such as schools, for the sake of argument—in a grouping. That would give us the details and some kind of comparison.

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The Convener: Lab
The last item on the agenda is the written agreements with the Scottish Executive. The draft agreement and minister's letter have been circulated. if members...
Mr Raffan: LD
Do we want to look at the letter first?
The Convener: Lab
Right, let us start with the letter.
Mr Raffan: LD
I want to raise the point about large capital project. The minister says that he takes"any project with a value in excess of £3 million to be ‘large' but the...
The Convener: Lab
Well, it does not, really.
Elaine Thomson: Lab
Surely the letter refers to dealing with an extremely large budget which runs into hundreds of millions of pounds. In such cases, £3 million is a relatively ...
Mr Raffan: LD
No, I do not think so. He says:"there is no fixed definition".It is not a question of what proportion the £3 million is of an entire budget; it is simply a v...
Andrew Wilson: SNP
I beg your pardon, convener, but before we discuss the details of this, can I ask your guidance on what happens in areas of continued disagreement? There are...
The Convener: Lab
We can, despite the time limits, raise such issues next week, as the minister will be at the meeting. If we continue to have disagreement after that, the ans...
Mr Raffan: LD
I think that it would be unsatisfactory to go on from the budget to issues of disagreement next week. We should do one thing at a time. We may have to invite...
The Convener: Lab
Before we go into recess?
Mr Raffan: LD
If he wants the things agreed.
The Convener: Lab
He does. It depends how strongly we feel about points in the draft agreement. Let us go through the letter first, and then look at the agreement itself. We w...
Mr Raffan: LD
I do not think that it is clear, but I think that the minister is trying to be helpful, to be fair to him. It is just a question of whether we want to specif...
Mr Swinney: SNP
To be fair, it is difficult to come to a definition. If we want to define a large variation in a variable budget, that enters the realms of deciding whether ...
Mr Raffan: LD
So you think that we should leave it at £3 million?
Mr Swinney: SNP
If we cannot find a better figure. I can think of projects in the great scheme of things which had a value of £27 million. That figure would be relatively mo...
Mr Davidson: Con
I do not really think that this is an issue, convener. We can put this in the context of the budget head within which it lies.
Mr Swinney: SNP
I do not imagine that our legitimate line of inquiry will be thwarted because a figure happens not to pass a test of £3 million.
The Convener: Lab
We will leave that, then.Page 2 of the letter covers contingent liabilities. I see that there are three exceptions to what we had suggested.
Mr Raffan: LD
The minister seems to have been very co-operative on the format of budget bills' supporting documentation.
Mr Swinney: SNP
I take a different view.
Mr Raffan: LD
What?
Mr Swinney: SNP
I am on the paragraph at the top of page 3.
The Convener: Lab
The sentence starting "I am quite content to agree"?
Mr Swinney: SNP
Sorry?
The Convener: Lab
The paragraph goes over from page 2 to page 3.
Mr Swinney: SNP
The minister says that "the Budget Documents should contain ‘a comparison between the current proposals and the previous year's figures, in both cash terms a...
The Convener: Lab
It is not clear to me what is meant by the information being "made available separately." Do you understand what that means? It could just mean producing ano...
Andrew Wilson: SNP
I will express this point as constructively as I can, but it is misleading to produce a budget document in cash terms. The first question that any person ask...