Health Committee, 15 Jun 2004

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 15, 2004

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Subordinate Legislation

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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)<br />(West Coast) (No 3) (Scotland) Order 2004 (SSI 2004/237)

We have an affirmative instrument to consider under item 1. I welcome Tom McCabe, the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care, who will speak to the order. I have no doubt that, before the minister moves the motion on the order, David Davidson will want to comment on it.

Quite simply, convener, I will not support the motion for reasons that I have stated clearly in the past.

The Subordinate Legislation Committee had no comments on the order, and no comments have been received in advance from members of the Health Committee. If no member wishes to debate the order, I ask the minister to move motion S2M-1398.

Before moving the motion, I thank the convener for her indulgence in accommodating us. We were a bit late coming back from Ayrshire this morning and got held up in traffic.

I move,

That the Health Committee recommends that The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.3) (Scotland) Order 2004 (SSI 2004/237) be approved.

The question is, that motion S2M-1398 be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

For

Eadie, Helen (Dunfermline East) (Lab)
Hughes, Janis (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)
Maclean, Kate (Dundee West) (Lab)
McNeil, Mr Duncan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)
Rumbles, Mike (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD)
Turner, Dr Jean (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Ind)

Against

Davidson, Mr David (North East Scotland) (Con)

Abstentions

Grahame, Christine (South of Scotland) (SNP)
Robison, Shona (Dundee East) (SNP)

The result of the division is: For 6, Against 1, Abstentions 2.

Motion agreed to.