BUSINESS BULLETIN 69 / 2001

Tuesday 1 May 2001

Section J - Parliamentary Bureau: Note of Decisions

PB/note/01/2001

NOTE OF DECISIONS TAKEN AT THE MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU: 24 APRIL 2001 AT 2.00 PM

Members:

Presiding Officer – Sir David Steel (in the chair)

Deputy Presiding Officer – Patricia Ferguson

Deputy Presiding Officer – George Reid

Labour Party Business Manager – Tom McCabe

Scottish National Party Business Manager – Tricia Marwick

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Business Manager – Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Liberal Democrat Party Business Manager – Euan Robson

1. Future Business Programme

It was agreed to recommend to Parliament future business, including Members’ Business and Designations of Lead Committee as detailed in motions S1M-1863 and S1M-1864 (for text of motions see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Wednesday 25 April 2001).

2. Referral of Bill Provisions to the Subordinate Legislation Committee

Referral of a number of provisions in the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Bill to the Subordinate Legislation Committee under Standing Order Rule 9.6.2 was approved.

3. Transport and the Environment Committee: Request to Appoint an Adviser

The Committee’s request to appoint an adviser to assist in its inquiry into the management and maintenance of trunk roads was approved.

4. Finance Committee: Request to Appoint an Adviser

The Committee’s request to appoint an adviser to assist in its inquiry into the effect on future budgets of Private Finance Initiatives and Public Private Partnerships was approved.

5. Removal of Motions from the Business Bulletin

The Parliamentary Bureau agreed that criteria for the removal of motions from the Business Bulletin should be revised (for details see Announcements Section in the Business Bulletin for Thursday 26 April 2001). In future, all motions will be removed from the Business Bulletin after six weeks (excluding recess time) unless:

• an individual motion has the support of at least 30 other Members and these supporters come from more than two political parties; or
• the motion remains highly topical; or
• the motion has been selected for Members’ Business.

The removal from the Business Bulletin of all motions over six weeks old on 30 March 2001 was approved.

Ken Hughes

Clerk to the Parliamentary Bureau

24 APRIL 2001