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The meeting opened at 2.30 pm.
1. Time for Reflection: Mr Ephraim Borowski, Honorary
Secretary of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, led
Time for Reflection.
2. Motion without notice: Euan Robson, on behalf
of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved without notice that S1M-2251
be taken at this meeting of the Parliament.
After debate, the motion was agreed to.
3. Business Motion: Euan Robson, on behalf of the
Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-2251— That the Parliament
agrees as a revision to the Business Motion agreed on 20 September
2001—
Wednesday 26 September 2001
after "Time for Reflection" insert
followed by Ministerial Statement
on the Scottish Executive’s Response to the Report of
the Care Development Group
The motion was agreed to.
4. Ministerial Statement: The Minister for Health
and Community Care made a statement on the Scottish Executive’s
response to the Report of the Care Development Group.
5. Scottish Executive Support for the Voluntary Sector:
The Minister for Social Justice moved S1M-2245—That the
Parliament welcomes the Executive’s recognition of the
important role of the voluntary sector in Scottish society through
the contribution it increasingly makes to promoting social justice,
encouraging active citizenship and widening economic prosperity;
endorses the progress made by the Executive in its commitment
to working in partnership with the sector through the framework
of the Scottish Compact, and welcomes the commitment demonstrated
by the Executive through its increased resourcing of the sector.
Mr Kenneth Gibson moved amendment S1M-2245.1 to motion S1M-2245—
Leave out from "the commitment" to end and insert—
"additional direct funding, while acknowledging
that many issues such as transaction costs, consistency, sustainability,
leadership, core and statutory funding and the adverse impact
of planned phased removal of water reliefs from charitable organisations
remain to be addressed."
After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division:
For 47, Against 57, Abstentions 0).
Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh moved amendment S1M-2245.2 to motion S1M-2245—
Leave out from "and welcomes" to end and insert—
"regrets the Executive’s use of funding
mechanisms to direct the work of the voluntary sector and urges
the Executive to allow a more independent role for the voluntary
sector in future."
After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division:
For 16, Against 61, Abstentions 28).
The motion was then agreed to ((DT) by division: For 75, Against
1, Abstentions 29).
6. Publication of Scottish Parliamentary Ombudsman and
Health Service Ombudsman for Scotland Annual Report 2000-01:
Mrs Margaret Smith moved S1M-2238—That the Parliament
notes that the Scottish Parliamentary Ombudsman and Health Service
Ombudsman for Scotland intends to lay his Annual Report for
2000-01 before the Parliament and orders the Clerk to publish
the report.
The motion was agreed to (DT).
7. Designation of Lead Committees: Euan Robson, on
behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-2255—That
the Parliament agrees the following designations of Lead Committees—
the Justice 1 Committee to consider the Criminal Legal
Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/306);
the Justice 1 Committee to consider the Criminal Legal
Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001
(SSI 2001/307);
the Justice 1 Committee to consider the Parole Board (Scotland)
Rules 2001 (SSI 2001/315); and
the Local Government Committee to consider the Firemen’s
Pension Scheme (Pension Sharing on Divorce) (Scotland) Order
2001 (SSI 2001/310).
The motion was agreed to (DT).
8. Decision Time: The Parliament took decisions on
items 5, 6 and 7 as noted above.
9. European Day of Languages: The Parliament debated
S1M-2221 in the name of Irene Oldfather—That the Parliament
welcomes European Day of Languages and the publication of Citizens
of a Multilingual World by the Action Group on Languages,
which makes recommendations on the future provision of language
education in schools; recognises the vital role of language
education in promoting cultural awareness; notes the positive
response to the report, and looks forward to innovation in language
teaching and an expansion of opportunities in primary schools.
The meeting closed at 5.58 pm.
P
E Grice
Clerk of the Parliament
26 September 2001
Appendix
(Note: this Appendix does not form part of
the Minutes)
Subordinate Legislation
Affirmative Instruments
The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on
21 September 2001 for approval by resolution
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish
Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.7) (Scotland) Order 2001 (SSI/2001/322)
laid under the Food and Environment Protection
Act 1985
Negative Instruments
The following instruments were laid before the Parliament on
21 September 2001 and are subject to annulment—
The Highlands and Islands Agricultural Programme and Rural
Diversification Programme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
2001 (SSI/2001/319)—
The Farm and Conservation Grant Amendment (Scotland) Regulations
2001 (SSI/2001/321)—
laid under the European Communities Act 1972
The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on
24 September 2001 and is subject to annulment
The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations
2001 (SSI 2001/320)
laid under the Building (Scotland) Act 1959
Other Documents
The following documents were laid before the Parliament on
25 September 2001 and are not subject to any Parliamentary procedure—
Dumfries and Galloway Primary Care NHS Trust Annual Accounts:
2000-01: Report by the Auditor General for Scotland (SE/2001/162)—
Argyll & Clyde Health Board Annual Accounts 2000-01:
Report by the Auditor General for Scotland (SE/2001/184)—
Scottish Hospital Trust Annual Accounts 2000-01: Report
by the Auditor General for Scotland (SE/2001/207)—
laid under the Public Finance and Accountability
(Scotland) Act 2000
NHS Pension Scheme (Scotland) Resource Account 1999-2000
(SE/2001/250)
laid under the Exchequer and Audit Departments
Act 1921
Committee Reports
The following Reports were published on 21 September 2001—
Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 7th
Report 2001: Report on Subordinate Legislation (SP Paper
392)
Health and Community Care Committee, 16th
Report 2001: Report on Subordinate Legislation (SP Paper
393)
The following Report was published on 24 September 2001
Local Government Committee, 11th Report 2001:
Stage 1 Report on the Police and Fire Services (Finance)
(Scotland) Bill (SP Paper 391)
The following Reports were published on 26 September 2001—
European Committee, 4th Report 2001:
Report on scrutiny of European documents: covering 26 January
2000 to 12 December 2000 (SP Paper 386)
European Committee, 5th Report 2001:
Report on scrutiny of European documents: covering 16 January
2001 to 19 June 2001 (SP Paper 387)
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