 Fyfyrdd ddaeth y cwsiedig yn cyfnod. The next item of business this afternoon is a debate on motion 13703 in the name of the First Minister on the appointment of a junior Scottish minister. Members should note that the question on this motion will be put immediately after the debate. I will invite any member who wishes to speak in this debate to press their request speed button now and I call on Nicola Sturgeon to speak to and to move the motion in her name. Before I turn to the ministerial appointment, can I take this opportunity to clarify a point from my programme for government statement? I referred to this weekend's opening of the AWPR or a major section of the AWPR. I want to make clear that the opening event is this weekend and it will open to traffic in the coming weeks. However, it remains the case that the whole road will be open to traffic in the autumn of this year. I that was clear to the chamber. I rise to seek Parliament's approval that Richard Lockhead MSP be appointed as a Scottish junior minister. This will of course not be the first time that Richard has held ministerial office and during his time in government previously he had a number of notable achievements. He was a tireless champion of Scottish rural industries both at home and abroad as well as being instrumental in driving the growth of our food and drink sector, which of yw'r drws iawn i'r gwerthau. Rwyf yn ei bach i'ch dynial ffraeg ddau ni'n edrych o'r ysteg fflaen o dod o'r blastau mae'n gweithio ar ein gynnig y Plastik Bag Levy. Mae'n holl gwybodol o'r defnyddiau dodg board o gweithio i hynny i seulu gwahanol i gyddio ni o'r plosiu plastau. Richard yw'r gweithio i dda i gweld iechyd yn bach i'r sprwynt yn y 2016 ond, i gyrwmau'r felw syniadau i'n gwybodol i'r gweithio, i gael fan hynny rhoi gael cyrraedd. Richard Bell has remained a campaigning politician, never wavering in standing up for his constituents, particularly in the issue of delivery charges. Richard has led a highly effective campaign, highlighting the UK Government's continued failure to act on what is a significant injustice, not only for his constituents, but for rural communities across Scotland and forcing action by companies, the advertising standards agency and trading standards. Y Llywyddyn Cymru yn gwneud ychwanegwyr i'w cyfaint yn gwasanaeth, mae Llywyddyn Gwyrddol yng nghymru i gwasanaeth, hwyngiddoedd a'r llaw. Y Llywyddyn Cymru yn cyfaint yn gwybodaeth i gael y sefydliad ymddangos ymddangos, ac mae'n rwynt i ddweud hynny i gael y cyfrifio gydaen nhw i unig o'r unig oedd y give o'u unigol, byddwn i gael y llaw o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r unig o'r will help to shape the future of our higher education institutions, a pivotal part of our economic future. He is perfectly placed to work with both sectors, being a graduate first of college and then returning to studies at university later on. It will give me great pleasure to welcome Richard Lochhead back to Government and I hope that MSPs from across the chamber will wish him well in what is a very important job. I move the motion in my name. Richard Lochhead is one of the few remaining 99ers in the Scottish Parliament, a parliamentary veteran and no stranger to the Government benches. He is a native of Paisley in my own region in the west of Scotland but, like many Scots before him, he has travelled far from the place of his birth. He seemed determined to win the constituency or at least see as much of the north of Scotland as he possibly could. He was standing in Gordon in 1997, Aberdeen Central in 1999 and 2003 before winning Murray in 2006, although by this time he had already served as a regional MSP in the north of Scotland for seven years. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment and, in that capacity, I worked with him promoting the sale of compost bins. Together, we sold more than 1 million compost bins to households throughout Scotland. There is a picture of each of us inside a compost bin, which was part of the promotional campaign. When you say that, you wonder how we managed to shift 1 million of those, but never mind. I have the photo, but I am not sure which one of us would lose most political credibility were I to release it to social media. Of course, Richard Lochhead is a champion of the circular economy, and in that regard we are kindred spirits. His new portfolio is also a critical one, driving forward education and learning. I know that he will work hard, as he was named Joint Fourth Hardest Working MSP this summer by Philip Sim. We might be opponents, but in this endeavour of improving education, I genuinely wish him well. Motion 13703, in the name of the First Minister, on the appointment of a junior Scottish Minister, be agreed. Are we all agreed? Yes. We are agreed. The motion is agreed. The First Minister may now invite Her Majesty to approve the appointment of Richard Lochhead as a junior Scottish Minister. I may offer my congratulations on your reappointment. The next item of business is consideration of three parliamentary bureau motions. Can I ask Graham Day on behalf of the bureau to move motion 13735 on variation to business motion procedure, motion 13736 on committee meeting times and motion 13737 on committee membership? Move, Presiding Officer. Thank you very much. I propose to ask a single question in all three bureau motions. Does anyone object? No, that's good. The question therefore is that motions 13735, 13736 and 13737 in the name of Graham Day on behalf of the bureau, be agreed. Are we all agreed? Yes. We are agreed. That concludes decision time. I will now move to members' business. We will have a short break, short suspension while the business clears, chamber clears.