Contents
- Scottish Parliament Thursday 29 May 2003
- Scottish Executive's Programme
- Business Motion
- Question Time
- First Minister's Question Time
- Scottish Executive's Programme
- Point of Order
- Parliamentary Bureau Motions
- Decision Time
- Scottish Agricultural College
Point of Order
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. We are about to move to Parliamentary Bureau motions, two of which refer to the Education (School Meals) (Scotland) Bill. That legislation tries to close the loophole that was created by the fiasco over school meals and child tax credit at Westminster. The bill involved a cost in time, money and effort for MSPs, for Executive ministers and their staff, and for local authorities, which are currently trying to ensure that emergency measures will be in place to ensure that 7,000 children get their free school meals. Will it be for the Presiding Officer or the Executive to pursue the Secretary of State for Scotland, who has obviously been negligent in her duties, for the cost of all that time and effort?
That is a political point, but it is not a point of order.
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