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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS Vol. 1, No. 43 Session 1 Meeting of the Parliament Thursday 13 January 2000
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Note: (DT) signifies a decision taken at Decision Time. The meeting opened at 9.31 am.
1. Housing: The Minister for Communities moved S1M-408That the Parliament acknowledges the need for action to provide good quality and accessible housing and strong and secure communities; welcomes the Executives proposals to achieve this through a range of measures including the introduction of a single social tenancy, the development of a single regulatory framework for social housing, the promotion of a stronger strategic role in housing for local authorities, and a new role and status for Scottish Homes, and notes that the Executive will bring forward a Housing Bill to deliver these objectives. Fiona Hyslop moved amendment S1M-408.1 to motion S1M-408 Leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "notes the Executives proposals to achieve this through a range of measures, including the introduction of a single social tenancy, the development of a single regulatory framework for social housing, the promotion of a stronger strategic role in housing for local authorities, and a new role and status for Scottish Homes, but believes that these measures alone will not improve the position of Scotlands 80,000 homeless people and that the Executive must give greater priority to dealing with chronic under investment in Scotlands public and voluntary housing including the reversal of their policy of wholesale stock transfer." After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division: For 32, Against 81, Abstentions 0). Keith Harding moved amendment S1M-408.1 to motion S1M-408 Leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "notes the Executives proposals to achieve this and notes that the Executive will bring forward a Housing Bill; calls upon the Executive to include within this Bill measures to deal with the alarming problem of homelessness which has increased dramatically since May 1997; welcomes the Executives commitment to extend the Right to Buy to Housing Association tenants, but emphasises that measures may be necessary to safeguard individual Associations where the take-up of this right could prejudice the operation, viability or success of these Associations." After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division: For 17, Against 95, Abstentions 0). The motion was then agreed to ((DT) by division: For 82, Against 4, Abstentions 28).
2. Business Motion: Mr Tom McCabe, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M410That the Parliament agrees
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The motion was agreed to.
3. Designation of Lead Committee: Mr Tom McCabe, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-409That the Parliament agrees the following designation of Lead Committee
The motion was agreed to (DT).
4 Question Time: Questions were answered by the First Minister and other Ministers and junior Scottish Ministers.
5 Representation of the People Bill: The Minister for Communities moved S1M-405That the Parliament endorses the principle of ensuring consistency of absent voting provisions for parliamentary and local elections in Scotland as set out in the Representation of People Bill and agrees that the relevant provision to achieve this end in the Bill should be considered by the UK Parliament. The motion was agreed to (DT).
The motion was agreed to.
7. Membership of Committee: Mr Tom McCabe, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S1M-422That the Parliament agrees that Michael Matheson be appointed to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee and that Tricia Marwick be appointed to the Equal Opportunities Committee. The motion was agreed to (DT).
8. Decision Time: Decisions were taken on items 1, 3, 5 and 7 as noted above.
9. Social Workers and Violence: The Parliament debated S1M-283 in the name of Mrs Margaret SmithThat the Parliament deplores the escalating levels of violence visited upon social workers in Edinburgh in the course of their duties; recognises that this is a national problem, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to promote the view that having to face the threat of violence is not an acceptable feature of any profession. The meeting closed at 5.40 pm.
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