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Official Report MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Wednesday 18 May 2011 Session 4 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament‟s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.scottish.parliament.uk or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Wednesday 18 May 2011 CONTENTS Col. BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 21 The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy (Bruce Crawford) ............................. 21 FIRST MINISTER ............................................................................................................................................... 23 The First Minister (Alex Salmond) .............................................................................................................. 23 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 25 Annabel Goldie (West Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................................... 27 Willie Rennie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ................................................................................................ 28 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 29 Margo MacDonald (Lothian) (Ind) ............................................................................................................... 30 The First Minister ........................................................................................................................................ 30 21 18 MAY 2011 22 (c) that the period for Members to submit their names for Scottish Parliament selection for General Question Time on Thursday 2 June 2011 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 19 May 2011; Wednesday 18 May 2011 (d) that the period for Members to submit their names for selection for General and Themed Question Time on [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at Thursday 16 June 2011 should end at 4.00 pm on 10:00] Thursday 2 June 2011. The Presiding Officer: No member has asked Business Motion to speak against the motion, therefore the question is, that motion S4M-00041, in the name The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick): Good of Bruce Crawford, be agreed to. morning. The first item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-00041, in Motion agreed to. the name of Bruce Crawford, on behalf of the The Presiding Officer: Under rule 4.1.3 of Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out today‟s standing orders, a period of 30 minutes must business programme. I ask any member who elapse between the closure of nominations for wishes to speak against the motion to press their First Minister and the start of the voting period for request-to-speak button now. the selection of the nominee. The nomination The Minister for Parliamentary Business and period for First Minister is now closed, and I Government Strategy (Bruce Crawford): suspend this meeting of the Parliament until 10.30 Presiding Officer, it gives me pleasure, on behalf am, when the voting period will commence. of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move the first business motion in this new session of the 10:02 Scottish Parliament. Meeting suspended. I move, That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business— Wednesday 18 May 2011 10.00 am Business Motion 10.30 am Selection of the Parliament‟s nominee for First Minister Wednesday 25 May 2011 11.00 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by First Minister‟s Motion to appoint Scottish Ministers followed by First Minister‟s Motion to appoint Junior Scottish Ministers followed by First Minister‟s Motion to appoint Scottish Law Officers followed by Election of Members of the Parliamentary Corporation Thursday 26 May 2011 10.30 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by First Minister‟s Statement: Taking Scotland Forward followed by Scottish Government Debate: Taking Scotland Forward 2.30 pm Continuation of Scottish Government Debate: Taking Scotland Forward followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Business Motion 5.00 pm Decision Time (b) that the period for lodging First Minister‟s Questions for First Minister‟s Question Time on Thursday 2 June 2011 should end at 4.00 pm on Thursday 26 May 2011; 23 18 MAY 2011 24 Burgess, Margaret (Cunninghame South) (SNP) 10:30 Campbell, Aileen (Clydesdale) (SNP) Campbell, Roderick (North East Fife) (SNP) On resuming— Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP) First Minister Crawford, Bruce (Stirling) (SNP) Cunningham, Roseanna (Perthshire South and Kinross- The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick): The shire) (SNP) Dey, Graeme (Angus South) (SNP) next item of business is the selection of the Don, Nigel (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) Parliament‟s nominee for First Minister. I have Doris, Bob (Glasgow) (SNP) received one valid nomination for appointment as Dornan, James (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) First Minister, and that is Alex Salmond. Eadie, Jim (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP) Ewing, Annabelle (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) I will ask Alex Salmond to speak in support of Ewing, Fergus (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP) his candidacy. Members will then be asked to cast Fabiani, Linda (East Kilbride) (SNP) their vote. Members may vote for or against or Finnie, John (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP) they may abstain. I will then announce the results Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP) of the vote. The candidate will be selected if a Gibson, Rob (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP) simple majority of votes in the candidate‟s favour Grahame, Christine (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and is obtained. Under rule 11.11.2, no account will be Lauderdale) (SNP) taken of any abstentions in establishing whether a Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) simple majority has been achieved. Hyslop, Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Ingram, Adam (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP) I call on Alex Salmond to speak in support of his Keir, Colin (Edinburgh Western) (SNP) candidacy. Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) The First Minister (Alex Salmond): Madam Lyle, Richard (Central Scotland) (SNP) Presiding Officer, I have learned at least two MacAskill, Kenny (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) MacDonald, Angus (Falkirk East) (SNP) things in the Parliament over the years—that might MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP) be a surprise to many who think that I have not MacDonald, Margo (Lothian) (Ind) learned anything at all. Mackay, Derek (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP) Mackenzie, Mike (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) First, I have done an exact calibration of the Mason, John (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) record of the previous occasions on which I have Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP) been in this position, and there is an exact Maxwell, Stewart (West Scotland) (SNP) correlation between the length of the speech and McAlpine, Joan (South Scotland) (SNP) the number of votes received. That is to say, the McDonald, Mark (North East Scotland) (SNP) McKelvie, Christina (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) shorter the speech, the more votes received. That (SNP) is absolutely true from the record. Therefore, to McLeod, Aileen (South Scotland) (SNP) maximise my chances of success, my opening McLeod, Fiona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) remarks will be very brief indeed. McMillan, Stuart (West Scotland) (SNP) Neil, Alex (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP) The second thing that I have learned, through Paterson, Gil (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) our long experience as colleagues, Presiding Robertson, Dennis (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP) Officer, is that it is best not to try your patience Robison, Shona (Dundee City East) (SNP) under any circumstances. Russell, Michael (Argyll and Bute) (SNP) Salmond, Alex (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) Therefore, with those things in mind, I put Stevenson, Stewart (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) myself and my candidacy in the hands of the Stewart, Kevin (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) Sturgeon, Nicola (Glasgow Southside) (SNP) Scottish Parliament. Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP) The Presiding Officer: We now move to voting. Thompson, Dave (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP) Urquhart, Jean (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Members should ensure that their cards are Walker, Bill (Dunfermline) (SNP) inserted correctly in their consoles. Members will Watt, Maureen (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) have 30 seconds in which to cast their vote. The (SNP) vote is for Alex Salmond. Please vote for or Wheelhouse, Paul (South Scotland) (SNP) against or abstain. White, Sandra (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) Wilson, John (Central Scotland) (SNP) For Yousaf, Humza (Glasgow) (SNP) Adam, Brian (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) Abstentions Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Central Scotland) (SNP) Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Allan, Dr Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) Baker, Richard (North East Scotland) (Lab) Biagi, Marco (Edinburgh Central) (SNP) Beamish, Claudia (South Scotland) (Lab) Brodie, Chic (South Scotland) (SNP) Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab) Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) Boyack, Sarah (Lothian) (Lab) 25 18 MAY 2011 26 Brown, Gavin (Lothian) (Con) wishes to him
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