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Note: (DT) signifies a decision taken at Decision
Time.
The meeting opened at 2.30 pm.
1. Time for Reflection:
Michael Burns, Parish Priest of St Ninian’s Catholic Church
in Edinburgh, led Time for Reflection.
2. Patient Focus and Public Involvement in the NHS:
The Minister for Health and Community Care
(Malcolm Chisholm) moved S2M-154—That the Parliament welcomes
the measures in Partnership For Care: Scotland’s Health
White Paper and the Partnership Agreement to step up progress
to ensure that greater patient engagement and wider public involvement
are at the heart of a modernised NHS and supports the Scottish
Executive’s commitment to placing the patient at the heart of
the design of services, implementing a patient information initiative,
ensuring public involvement in health service reorganisation
plans by obliging NHS boards to consult stakeholders more effectively
and setting up a Scottish health council as a national body
with a local presence across Scotland.
Shona Robison moved amendment S2M-154.1
to motion S2M-154—
After
"effectively" insert—
", requiring direct elections for the public to the
majority of places on NHS boards,".
After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division:
For 34, Against 80, Abstentions 0).
Mr David Davidson moved amendment S2M-154.2 to motion S2M-154—
Leave out from "welcomes"
to end and insert—
"regrets that the Scottish Executive’s proposal in
Partnership for Care: Scotland’s Health White Paper and
A Partnership for a Better Scotland, in an attempt to increase
patient focus and public involvement, will only increase bureaucracy
in an over-centralised NHS and considers measures such as GP
fundholding and foundation hospitals would offer patients real
choice regarding their own care, would focus on clinical priorities
over political priorities, and would, therefore, start to solve
the real problems facing the health service."
After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division:
For 17, Against 97, Abstentions 0).
The motion was then agreed to ((DT) by division: For 85, Against
22, Abstentions 7).
3. Decision Time: The Parliament took
decisions on item 2 as noted above.
4. Concorde and the Museum of Flight: The
Parliament debated S2M-59 in the name of John Home Robertson—That
the Parliament notes that British Airways
will be withdrawing Concorde aircraft from service and welcomes
the approach from the Chairman of the Trustees of the National
Museums of Scotland to the Chief Executive of British Airways
requesting that one of these aeroplanes is donated to the Museum
of Flight at East Fortune; recognises the interests of education
and tourism and the important role that museums play in both
of these areas; takes into account the associations of Concorde
with Scotland, namely that the design of the wings was undertaken
by a Scot from Penicuik, Sir James Arnot Hamilton, that the
early test flights were carried out at Prestwick in the early
1970s and that it was Concorde that flew over Edinburgh to celebrate
the opening of the Scottish Parliament in July 1999; further
recognises the wealth of experience of staff at the Museum of
Flight in the preservation of aircraft and their years of experience
in welcoming visitors to the museum; further notes that staff
at the Museum of Flight are confident that the practicalities
of landing a Concorde aircraft and of providing enclosed space
for display have been investigated and that no difficulties
are anticipated following a brief period of minor works; notes
that the National Museums of Scotland has recently appointed
a new General Manager at the Museum of Flight and that a major
programme of development is planned to position the museum as
a world class attraction, and recommends strongly that support
be given to the National Museums of Scotland in its bid for
Concorde for display at the Museum of Flight.
The meeting closed at
5.43 pm.
P E Grice
Clerk of the Parliament
Wednesday 18 June 2003
Appendix
(Note: this Appendix does not form part of the
Minutes)
Subordinate Legislation
Affirmative Instruments
The following instruments were laid in draft before the Parliament
on 13 June 2003 for approval by resolution—
The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Houses
in Multiple Occupation) Amendment Order 2003
laid under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
The Housing Grants (Assessment of Contributions) (Scotland)
Regulations 2003—
The Housing Grants (Minimum Percentage Grant) (Scotland) Regulations
2003
laid under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
The following instrument was laid in draft before the Parliament
on 18 June 2003 for approval by resolution
The Advice and Assistance (assistance by Way of Representation)
(Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003
laid under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986
Negative Instruments
The following instruments were laid before the Parliament on
13 June 2003 and are subject to annulment—
The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland)
Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/310)
laid under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act
1978
The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003
(SSI 2003/311)
laid under the Food Safety Act 1990
The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SSI 2003/312)
laid under the Agriculture Act 1970 and the European Communities
Act 1972
The Improvement and Repairs Grant (Prescribed Valuation Band)
(Scotland) Order 2003 (SSI 2003/314)
laid under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
Other Documents
The following documents were laid before the Parliament on
13 June 2003 and are not subject to any Parliamentary procedure—
Minute from the Scottish Executive Health Department: Contingent
Liability (SE/2001/68) – Revised Table of Clinical Trials of
Blood Products Produced by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion
Service Protein Fractionation Centre (SE/2003/161)
Pesticide Poisoning of Animals 2002 – A Report of Investigations
in Scotland (SE/2003/164)
The following document was laid before the Parliament on 18
June 2003 and is not subject to any Parliamentary procedure
Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland Annual Report 2002-03
(SE/2003/157)
laid under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological
Areas Act 1979
Committee Reports
The following report was published on 18 June 2003
Subordinate Legislation Committee, 1st Report 2003: Report
on Subordinate Legislation (SP Paper 1)
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