Parliamentary History
231.The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that stage took place, the references to the Official report of those proceedings, the dates on which Committee Reports and other papers relating to the Act were published, and references to those Reports and other papers.
| Proceedings and Reports | Reference |
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| Introduction | |
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| 25 September 2006 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/73-ProtVulGro/b73s2-introd.pdf |
| Stage 1 | |
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| (a) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
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| 28th meeting, 24 October 2006 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/subleg/or-06/su06-2802.htm#Col2035 |
| (b) Finance Committee | |
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| 27th Meeting, 7 November 2006 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/finance/or-06/fi06-2702.htm#Col4095 |
| (c) Education Committee | |
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| 24th Meeting, 15 November 2006 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/or-06/ed06-2402.htm#Col3693 |
| 25th Meeting, 22 November 2006 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/or-06/ed06-2502.htm#Col3747 |
| 26th Meeting, 29 November 2006 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/or-06/ed06-2602.htm#Col3812 |
| Stage 1 Report (Education Committee) published 21 December 2006. | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/reports-06/edr06-12-00.htm |
| (d) Consideration by the Parliament | |
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| Stage 1 debate, 17 January 2007 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-07/sor0117-02.htm#Col31091 |
| Stage 2 | |
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| (a) Education Committee | |
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| 3rd Meeting, 7 February 2007 (additional evidence session) | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/or-07/ed07-0302.htm#Col4005 |
| 4th Meeting, 13 February 2007 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/or-07/ed07-0402.htm#Col4065 |
| 5th Meeting, 20 February 2007 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/or-07/ed07-0502.htm#Col4135 |
| (b) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
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| 8th meeting, 27 February 2007 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/subleg/or-07/su07-0802.htm#Col2333 |
| Bill as passed at Stage 2 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/73-ProtVulGro/b73s2-stage2-amend.pdf |
| Stage 3 | |
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| Stage 3 debate, 8 March 2007 | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-07/sor0308-02.htm#Col32912 |
| Bill as passed | http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/73-ProtVulGro/b73s2-aspassed.pdf |
| Royal Assent, 18 April 2007 | |
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