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Meeting of the Parliament MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Wednesday 10 February 2010 Session 3 £5.00 Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2010. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to the Information Policy Team, Office of the Queen‘s Printer for Scotland, Admail ADM4058, Edinburgh, EH1 1NG, or by email to: [email protected]. OQPS administers the copyright on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Printed and published in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by RR Donnelley. CONTENTS Wednesday 10 February 2010 Debates Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION .................................................................................................................................. 23633 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................................ 23635 URE ELDER FUND TRANSFER AND DISSOLUTION BILL: PRELIMINARY STAGE .................................................. 23641 Motion moved—[David Stewart]. David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) .......................................................................................... 23641 Shirley-Anne Somerville (Lothians) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 23643 Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 23644 CONTROL OF DOGS (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 1 ............................................................................................ 23646 Motion moved—[Christine Grahame]. Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................ 23646 Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab) ................................................................................... 23649 The Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Kenny MacAskill) ............................................................................. 23651 Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab) .......................................................................... 23653 David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 23654 Mike Pringle (Edinburgh South) (LD) ...................................................................................................... 23656 Christopher Harvie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) ................................................................................. 23658 Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 23659 Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (LD) ....................................................................................................... 23661 Michael McMahon ................................................................................................................................... 23662 Kenny MacAskill ...................................................................................................................................... 23663 Christine Grahame .................................................................................................................................. 23666 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (SCOTLAND) ORDER 2010 ............................................................................. 23668 Motion moved—[John Swinney]. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth (John Swinney) ........................................ 23668 Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab) .......................................................................... 23670 Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 23673 Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD) ...................................................................... 23675 Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP) ..................................................................................................................... 23677 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab) ............................................................................ 23679 Ian McKee (Lothians) (SNP) .................................................................................................................... 23680 David Whitton (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab) ................................................................................... 23682 Alasdair Allan (Western Isles) (SNP)....................................................................................................... 23684 Nicol Stephen (Aberdeen South) (LD) ..................................................................................................... 23686 Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD) ............................................................................................. 23687 Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con) ................................................................................................................. 23689 Michael McMahon ................................................................................................................................... 23691 John Swinney .......................................................................................................................................... 23693 BUSINESS MOTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 23696 Motions moved—[Bruce Crawford]—and agreed to. The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Bruce Crawford) .................................................................... 23696 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS .............................................................................................................. 23699 Motion moved—[Mike Rumbles]. Margo MacDonald (Lothians) (Ind) .......................................................................................................... 23699 Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 23700 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) ........................................................................................................... 23701 Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD) .................................................................... 23702 DECISION TIME ............................................................................................................................................. 23707 THE BIKE STATION ....................................................................................................................................... 23715 Motion debated—[Ian McKee]. Ian McKee (Lothians) (SNP) .................................................................................................................... 23715 Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con) ................................................................................................................. 23717 Mike Pringle (Edinburgh South) (LD) ...................................................................................................... 23718 Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 23720 Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green) ............................................................................................................. 23722 The Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change (Stewart Stevenson) ............................ 23723 Oral Answers Col. SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY CORPORATE BODY ............................................................................................. 23635 10:10 Campaign ...................................................................................................................................... 23636 Access Audit ............................................................................................................................................ 23639 Blood Donation ........................................................................................................................................ 23638 Chamber Tickets ..................................................................................................................................... 23635 Publicity ................................................................................................................................................... 23637 Videoconferencing ................................................................................................................................... 23639 23633 10 FEBRUARY 2010 23634 Verse 14 of Sura Al-Hujurat, which is the 49th Scottish Parliament sura of the holy Qur‘an, says: Wednesday 10 February 2010 ―O mankind! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a female, and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you might come to know one another (not [THE DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICER opened the despise each other). Truly, the most noble of you in the meeting at 14:00] sight of God is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. Behold, God is all-knowing, all-aware.― Time for Reflection The Deputy Presiding Officer (Alasdair Morgan): Good afternoon. The first item of business is time for reflection, for which our leader
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