BUSINESS BULLETIN 179 / 2000

Wednesday 22 November 2000

Section G - Bills, amendments to Bills and proposals for members’ Bills

New amendments to Bills lodged on 21 November 2000

Transport (Scotland) Bill – Stage 2

Note: The following amendment was lodged with less than the two days’ notice required under Rule 9.10.2, and may be moved only with the agreement of the Convener under Rule 9.10.6.

Section 70

        Fiona McLeod

296  Leave out section 70

Proposals for Members’ Bills

Names marked with an asterisk (*) are new names of support. Proposals that have attracted 11 supporters have those supporters’ names shown in bold. The member who lodged such a proposal has the right to introduce a Member’s Bill to give effect to that proposal under rule 9.14.

Linda Fabiani: Proposed Scottish Forests Bill—Proposal for a Bill to transfer certain rights, interests and functions of the Forestry Commission and the Scottish Ministers to local authorities, planning authorities or other local bodies in order to establish local management of Scottish forests, particularly in relation to economic, social and environmental development; and to establish a mechanism for co-ordination between local authorities. (lodged 20 November 2000)

Supported by: Robin Harper, Michael Russell, Sandra White, Tricia Marwick, Kenny MacAskill, Andrew Welsh, Kenneth Gibson, Lloyd Quinan, Adam Ingram, Michael Matheson, Fiona McLeod