SCOTLAND BILL (Hansard, 7 December 1977)

On a point of order, Mr. Murton. This will be a brief point of order.

The Committee knows that we are in difficulty with amendments and clauses which are affected by the timetable motion and which are not called at all. I give you early warning, Mr. Murton, that some of us regard Amendments Nos. 144 to 146 as most important. We express the hope that when you are arranging these matters in advance it will be possible to take those amendments, so that there is the opportunity for the Committee to vote.

The amendments relate to the British Waterways Board, the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council, and forestry interests, both public and private. All of those matters are now being added to subjects in which doctors, civil aviation experts and others are concerned. Various groups in Scotland are now becoming more aware of what is happening, and the more they are finding out, the less they like the Bill. This is a recurring pattern among those who are gaining knowledge of these provisions. Therefore, I hope that matters that affect groups of technical people in Scotland will be taken at some time when they can be discussed and voted upon.