motion_title: Decision Time
motion_text: The next question is, that motion S6M-18078, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on a legislative consent motion on the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill, which is UK legislation, be agreed to.
  Motion agreed to,
  That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024, relating to local government elections (clause 1), elections to the Scottish Parliament (clause 2) and commencement and transitional provision (clause 4), so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.