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S1M-00720 Holyrood Project
2 linked amendments
 Steel, Sir David Motion
SPCB Motion
 05 Apr 2000
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Holyrood Project

S1M-00720 · SPCB Motion · lodged by Steel, Sir David

Lodged on
29 Mar 2000
Heard / answered on
05 Apr 2000

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That the Parliament notes:
(a) the attached report of the SPCB on the Holyrood project (SP Paper 99) together with
(b) the report by John Spencely attached as Annexe 1;
(c) the photographs incorporated as Annexe 2 which are available from the Scottish Parliament Document Supply Centre;
(d) the revised budget of £195 million set out in Annexe 3.
Lodged by Steel, Sir David alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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  1. Selected item
    S1M-00720
    29 Mar 2000 · SPCB Motion · Steel, Sir David
    That the Parliament notes:
    (a) the attached report of the SPCB on the Holyrood project (SP Paper 99) together with
    (b) the report by John Spencely attached as Annexe 1;
    (c) the photographs incorporated as Annexe 2 which are available from the Scottish Parliament Document Supply Centre;
    (d) the revised budget of £195 million set out in Annexe 3.
  2. Linked amendment/item
    S1M-00720.1
    04 Apr 2000 · Motion For Debate · Gorrie, Donald
    As an amendment to motion S1M-00720 in the name of Sir David Steel (Holyrood Project), insert at end: “and, in order to be fully informed when making a final decision on the location, design, specification and cost of its permanent home, (a) directs the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to present to it in early June the scheme design for the Holyrood...
  3. Original motion
    S1M-00720.1
    04 Apr 2000 · Motion For Debate · Gorrie, Donald
    As an amendment to motion S1M-00720 in the name of Sir David Steel (Holyrood Project), insert at end: “and, in order to be fully informed when making a final decision on the location, design, specification and cost of its permanent home, (a) directs the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to present to it in early June the scheme design for the Holyrood...
  4. Linked amendment/item
    S1M-00720.1.1
    04 Apr 2000 · Amendment · Sheridan, Tommy
    As an amendment to amendment to motion S1M-00720.1 in the name of Donald Gorrie (Holyrood Project), insert after “nearby buildings” “and (iii) the conversion of the India Street complex in Glasgow utilising the 150,000 square feet of office accommodation available and the old Glasgow High School debating chamber.”
  5. Linked amendment/item
    S1M-00720.2
    04 Apr 2000 · Motion For Debate · Jackson, Gordon
    As an amendment to motion S1M-00720 in the name of Sir David Steel (Holyrood Project), leave out from “(a)” to end and insert “the report of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on the Holyrood Project; approves its terms, and directs the Corporate Body to establish a progress group comprising representatives of the Parliament and relevant profession...