Ms Baillie said her party welcomed the proposed National Delivery Plan for AHPs but in her amendment she expressed concern about reducing budgets and skills mix in the AHP sector.
Although the Socialists opposed Mr Sarkozy's plan to adopt a balanced-budget amendment in the constitution, Mr Hollande promises to pass a golden rule of his own (as an ordinary law).
The Associated Press reported that two women who were married in the state earlier this year plan to sue on the grounds that the amendment violates their right to equal protection under the law.
Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur tabled an amendment in which he regretted the delay in the publication of the Zero Waste Plan and recognised the necessity of meeting EU landfill diversion targets in order to avoid potentially punitive fines.