Journal of the Scottish Parliament
Volume 1: 1st Parliamentary Year, Session 4
(11 May 2011 – 10 May 2012)
SPJ 4.1
Foreword
The Journal is the central, long-term, authoritative record of what the Parliament has done. The Minutes of Proceedings, which are produced for each meeting of the Parliament, do that in an immediate way, while the Journal presents essentially the same material but has the benefit of hindsight to allow any errors and infelicities of presentation to be corrected. Unlike the Official Report, which primarily records what is said, the Minutes of Proceedings, and in the longer term the Journal, provide the authoritative record of what was done.
The Journal is required under Rule 16.3 of Standing Orders and contains, in addition to the Minutes of Proceedings themselves, notice of any Bill introduced*, notice of any instrument or draft instrument or any other document laid before the Parliament; notice of any report of a committee, and any other matter that the Parliament, on a motion of the Parliamentary Bureau, considers should be included.
(* The requirement to include notice of Bills introduced was only added to Rule 16.3 in January 2003. However, such notices have in practice been recorded in the Annex to the Minutes of Proceedings from the outset.)
Note: (DT), which appears throughout the Journal, signifies a decision taken at Decision Time.
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Journal of the Scottish Parliament
Volume 1: 1st Parliamentary Year, Session 4
(11 May 2011 – 10 May 2012)
Contents
Page
Journal ………………………………………………………………………………1
Annex A Bills Introduced …………………………………………………………..………248
Annex B Subordinate Legislation— 1. Affirmative Instruments…………………………………………………252 2. Negative Instruments …………………………………………………..256 3. Laid only instruments …………………………………………………..269 4. Instrument subject to approval ………….…………………………….276 5. Instruments subject to consultation.....….…………………………….276 6. Legislative Consent Memoranda …………………………………….. 277 7. Public Body Consent Memoranda …………………………………….278
Annex C Other Documents 1. Documents subject to parliamentary procedure .……………….…..279 2. Document subject to the affirmative procedure ……………………..279 3. Documents subject to consultation ...…………………………………279 4. Documents not subject to parliamentary procedure ………………..280
Annex D Committee Reports ………………………………………………………………309
Journal Index ...... 318
Index to Annexes B, C and D……………………………………………..…. 337
Vol. 1, No. 1 Session 4 Wednesday 11 May 2011
The meeting opened at 9.30am.
1. Oaths and Affirmations: The following members took the oath of allegiance or made their solemn affirmation before the Clerk—
Oath Affirmation Alexander Charles Onlsow Fergusson Patrick Harvie Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond Brian James Adam Iain Cumming Gray Claire Josephine Baker Annabel MacNicoll Goldie Claudia Hamilton Beamish Tavish Hamilton Scott Marco Biagi George James Adam Neil James Bibby Clare Adamson Sarah Boyack Alasdair James Allan Margaret Jean Burgess Jacqueline Marie Baillie William Lynch Coffey Richard James Baker Robert Hardie Bruce Crawford Colin Beattie Roseanna Cunningham Charles Gilchrist Brodie Graeme James Dey Gavin Lindberg Brown Nigel Anderson Don Keith James Brown James Dornan Aileen Elizabeth Campbell Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale Roderick Alexander McRobie Linda Fabiani Campbell Mary Fee David Jackson Carlaw Joseph Martin FitzPat