Items or names marked with an asterisk (*) are new. Asterisks in the text show the extent of alterations made.

Motions which members wish to be considered for debate as members' business in the Parliament are marked with a hash symbol (#).
 
 

*S1M-176 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Designation of Lead Committee-That the Parliament agrees the following designation of Lead Committee-

The Education Culture and Sport Committee to consider the Educational Development, Research and Services (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/65).

*S1M-175 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Business Motion-That the Parliament agrees: 

(a) the following programme of business - 

Wednesday 6 October 1999

2.30 pm Ministerial Statement and Debate on the Executive's Expenditure Plans

followed by Parliamentary Bureau motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business Debate on the subject of SM1-162 Pauline McNeill: Breast Cancer

9.30 am Debate on an Executive Motion on a Memorandum of Understanding and Concordats 

12.20 pm Business Motion

2.30 pm Question Time

3.00 pm Open Question Time

followed by, no

later than 3.15 pm Ministerial Statement on the Transfer of Executive Functions for Railways

followed by Debate on an Executive Motion on Agenda 2000 and the Development of Agriculture in Scotland

followed by Parliamentary Bureau motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business Debate on the subject of SM1-156 Andrew Wilson: Criminal Checks for Voluntary Organisations

Wednesday 27 October 1999

2.30 pm Executive Business

followed by Parliamentary Bureau motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business
 
 

Thursday 28 October 1999

9.30 am Executive Business

12.20 pm Business Motion

2.30 pm Question Time

3.00 pm Open Question Time

followed by, no

later than 3.15 pm Executive Business

followed by Parliamentary Bureau motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business

and (b), the following dates by which other committees should make any recommendations on instruments or draft instruments to the lead committee :

the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee to report to the Education, Culture and Sport Committee by 29 October 1999 on The Educational Development, Research and (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1999, SSI 1999/65.
 
 

*S1M-174 Fergus Ewing: Sunday Post-That the Parliament congratulates the 'Sunday Post' on its campaign against the Fuel Duty Escalator policy and urges all Members of the Scottish Parliament to display on their car the Sunday Post sticker 'Say No To Petrol Price Rises'.

Supported by: Mr Kenneth Gibson*, Ms Margo MacDonald*, Mr John Swinney*, Mr Gil Paterson*, Mr Lloyd Quinan*, Dorothy-Grace Elder*, Alasdair Morgan*, Ms Sandra White*, Andrew Wilson*, Michael Russell*, Roseanna Cunningham*

*S1M-173# Mr John McAllion: Right of access to Crown Office files and information-That the Parliament supports the rights of families of murder victims, including Mr and Mrs Crossan of Dundee, to access to all Crown Office files and information relating to the resulting murder trials.
 
 

*S1M-172 Mr Alex Salmond: Education-That the Parliament notes the overwhelming rejection of CoSLA's pay and conditions offer (dated 20 August 1999) by Scotland's teachers, recognises the validity of the concerns expressed by the teaching profession and parents' representatives about the details of CoSLA's offer and agrees that the implementation of the offer in its current form would have resulted in a deterioration of standards in our classrooms and a further decline in teachers' morale; considers that the defects in CoSLA's offer are the result of a lack of resources and that the current impasse between CoSLA and the teaching profession is a direct result of the failure of the Scottish Executive to make sufficient resources available to local government to fund an acceptable settlement and further considers that the approach adopted by the Scottish Executive on this issue has been delibarately provocative to Scotland's teachers; and calls upon the Scottish Executive to adopt a genuine partnership approach to reaching a settlement with teachers, to abandon its proposals to remove the statutory basis of the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee and establish a Committee of Inquiry, and to refer the findings of the Millennium Review ( a joint inquiry established by COSLA and teachers' unions in 1997 to look at various issues in education) for investigation by the Parliament's Education, Culture & Sport Committee.

Supported by: Nicola Sturgeon*, Fiona McLeod*

*S1M-171.2 Mr John Swinney: Manufacturing and Industrial Strategy for Scotland-As an amendment to motion (S1M-171) in the name of Henry McLeish, insert at end 'but notes that a properly informed manufacturing strategy requires a greater understanding of Scotland's relative economic performance in comparison with our competitors and notes that the Executive do not currently provide this information; calls upon the Executive to bring forward, in consultation with the Parliament, business/industrial organisations and economic analysts, a full and regular benchmarking exercise assessing the performance of the Scottish economy across the widest possible range of indicators in comparison with our main competitors, and notes that in doing so the Executive's manufacturing and industrial strategy will be open to more effective scrutiny.
 
 

S1M-162# Breast Cancer (lodged on 21 September 1999) Ms Sandra White*

S1M-161 East Timor (lodged on 21 September 1999) Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-159 Sean Connery (lodged on 16 September 1999) Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-156# Criminal Checks for Voluntary Organisations (lodged on 15 September 1999) Bill Aitken*, Ms Sandra White*, Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-145 Scottish History (lodged on 10 September 1999) Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-141 Skye Bridge (lodged on 14 September 1999) Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-140# Upgrading of the Mallaig Road (lodged on 9 September 1999) Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-129# Services to Victims of Crime (lodged on 7 September 1999) Alasdair Morgan*

S1M-104 Free School Meals (lodged on 30 August 1999) Mr Kenny MacAskill*, Ms Sandra White*