The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-20970, in the name of Kate Forbes, on the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill financial resolution. I call Ben Macpherson to move the motion.
Motion moved,
That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3(b) of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.—[Ben Macpherson]
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.