BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 168/2012 Tuesday 10 January 2012

Summary of Today’s Business

Meetings of Committees

10.00 am Education and Culture Committee Committee Room 2 10.00 am Justice Committee Committee Room 6 10.30 am Health and Sport Committee Committee Room 1 2.00 pm Equal Opportunities Committee Committee Room 4 2.00 pm European and External Relations Committee Room 2 Committee 2.30 pm Subordinate Legislation Committee Committee Room 6 6.00 pm Health and Sport Committee Committee Room 1

For full details of today’s business, see Section A. For full details of the future business, see sections B and C. ______

1 Contents

The sections which appear in today’s Business Bulletin are in bold

Section A: Today’s Business - Meetings of Committees - Meeting of the Parliament Section B: Future Meetings of the Parliament Section C: Future Meetings of Committees Section D: Oral Questions - Questions selected for First Minister’s Question Time - Questions selected for response by Ministers and junior Scottish Ministers at Question Time Section E: Written Questions – new questions for written answer Section F: Motions and Amendments Section G: Bills - New Bills introduced - New amendments to Bills - Members’ Bills proposals Section H: New Documents – new documents laid before the Parliament and committee reports published Section I: Petitions – new public petitions Section J: Progress of Legislation – progress of Bills and subordinate legislation

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section A – Today’s Business

Meetings of Committees

All meetings take place in the Scottish Parliament, unless otherwise specified. Contact details for Committee Clerks are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Education and Culture Committee 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Declaration of interests: Neil Bibby and Neil Findlay will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] from— Aileen Campbell, Minister for Children and Young People, Robert Marshall, Directorate for Children and Families, and Tom McNamara, Children’s Hearings Team, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: Aileen Campbell to move—S4M-01653—That the Education and Culture Committee recommends that the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] be approved. 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2012 [draft] from— Aileen Campbell, Minister for Children and Young People, Robert Marshall, Directorate for Children and Families, and Tom McNamara, Children’s Hearings Team, Scottish Government. 6. Subordinate legislation: Aileen Campbell to move—S4M-01652—That the Education and Culture Committee recommends that the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2012 [draft] be approved.

Justice Committee 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Declaration of interests: Jenny Marra will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a new Deputy Convener. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 8 in private.

3 4. Freedom of Information: The Committee will take evidence from Kevin Dunion, Scottish Information Commissioner, on his report ‘Informing the Future’. 5. Petition PE1280: The Committee will consider a petition by Dr Kenneth Faulds and Julie Love calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to give the same level of protection to the families of people from Scotland who die abroad as is currently in place for people from England by amending the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 to require the holding of a fatal accident inquiry when a person from Scotland dies abroad. 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— the Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/435); the Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse and Civil Partner (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/436). 7. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following instrument which is not subject to any parliamentary procedure— Act of Adjournal (Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) (Refixing diets) 2011 (SSI 2011/430). 8. Commission on a UK Bill of Rights: The Committee will consider a draft response to the Commission’s consultation.

Health and Sport Committee 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 10.30 am in Committee Room 1 1. Declaration of interests: Drew Smith will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 3. Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Professor Anne Ludbrook, Professor of Health Economics, University of Aberdeen; Benjamin Williamson, Senior Economist, Centre for Economics and Business Research; Dr Evelyn Gillan, Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland; Dr Jan S Gil, Reader at Queen Margaret University; Dr Peter Rice, Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland and Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist, NHS Tayside. 4. Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting

4 Equal Opportunities Committee 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 4 1. Declaration of interests: The Committee will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose a new Convener. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 4. Diversity Delivers: The Committee will consider a report by the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland, Diversity Delivers - Three Years On. 5. Petitions: The Committee will consider the following petitions— PE1372 Petition by Duncan McLaren on behalf of Friends of the Earth Scotland on whether access to the Scottish courts is compliant with the Aarhus convention on ‘Access to Justice in Environmental Matters’. PE1169 Petition by Margaret Forbes, on behalf of Scottish Women Against Pornography, calling for measures that ensure that magazines and newspapers containing sexually graphic covers are (a) not displayed at children’s eye-level or below or adjacent to children’s titles and comics and (b) screen sleeved before being placed on the shelf. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its approach to developing its work programme.

European and External Relations Committee 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. Scottish Malawi Partnership: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Scottish Malawi Partnership. 3. Brussels Bulletin: The Committee will consider the latest edition of the Brussels Bulletin. 4. Horizon 2020: The Committee will consider a draft approach for an inquiry on Horizon 2020. 5. EU Structural Funds: The Committee will consider a report from its meeting on 13 December 2011 of its round table discussion with stakeholders regarding EU Structural Funds.

Subordinate Legislation Committee 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 2.30 pm in Committee Room 6 1. Declarations of interests: Michael McMahon and John Pentland will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private.

5 3. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) (No. 2) 2011 (SSI 2011/432); Bus Lane Contraventions (Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/442); Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/443); Bus Lanes (Approved Devices) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/444); Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendment) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/445); Charities References in Documents (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/446). 4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) (No. 2) 2011 (SSI 2011/431); Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Amendment Order 2011 (SSI 2011/437 (C. 38)); Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/433 (C. 37)); Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 8) (Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures) 2011 (SSI 2011/441). 5. Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. 6. Commencement orders and transitional provisions: The Committee will consider the response from the Minister for Parliamentary Business in relation to its letter on commencement orders and transitional provisions. 7. UK Public Bodies Act 2011: The Committee will consider correspondence in relation to orders made under clause 9 of the Act.

Health and Sport Committee 2nd Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 6.00 pm in Committee Room 1 1. Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence, via video conference, on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Professor Timothy Stockwell, University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament

Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 21 December 2011

Wednesday 11 January 2012

2.30 pm Time for Reflection – Paul O’Kane, Development Officer, Volunteer Centre East Dunbartonshire followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Education and Culture Committee Debate: Inquiry into the educational attainment levels of looked after children (for text of motion please see S4M-01667 in Section F) followed by Business Motion followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business: S4M-01542 Annabel Goldie: Volunteer Centre East Dunbartonshire (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Monday 9 January 2012)

Thursday 12 January 2012

9.15 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Labour Party Business – Scotland’s Future

11.40 am General Question Time (for text of General Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 22 December 2011)

12.00 pm First Minister’s Question Time (for text of questions see Section D)

2.15 pm Themed Question Time Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy (for text of Themed Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 22 December 2011)

2.55 pm Scottish Government Debate: Improving Learning Outcomes for All Young People in 2012

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business: S4M-01558 Margaret Burgess: High- interest Payday Loans (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Monday 9 January 2012)

Wednesday 18 January 2012

2.30 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motion followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business

Thursday 19 January 2012

9.15 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Business

11.40 am General Question Time (for names of those Members selected for General Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 22 December 2011)

12.00 pm First Minister’s Question Time

2.15 pm Themed Question Time Culture and External Affairs; Infrastructure and Capital Investment (for names of those Members selected for Themed Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 22 December 2011)

2.55 pm Scottish Government Business followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section C – Future Committee Meetings

This section includes the agendas of the forthcoming committee meetings and outlines proposed future business, which may be subject to change. Committees have the right to take items in private and this will be notified as far in advance as possible.

Many committees include details of their future business on their webpages, which can be accessed at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/index.htm

Finance Committee 11 January 2012 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Declaration of interests: Michael McMahon and Elaine Murray will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. 3. Fiscal sustainability: Demographic change: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Robert Wright, Professor of Economics, University of Strathclyde; Professor Charlie Jeffery, Head of School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh; Dr James McCormick, Scotland Adviser, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Professor Carol Jagger, Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing, Newcastle University; George MacKenzie, Registrar General and Keeper of the Records and Chief Executive, National Records of Scotland. 4. Scotland Performs: The Committee will take evidence from— Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician, and Dette Cowden, Senior Statistician, Scottish Government. 5. National Library of Scotland Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the Financial Memorandum of the National Library of Scotland Bill. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 18 January, the Committee will hold a round table evidence session on fiscal sustainability and inequalities and social deprivation.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 11 January 2012 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 4 1. Declaration of interests: Claudia Beamish and Margaret McDougall will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 and future consideration of evidence heard on the Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill in private. 3. Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— David Barnes, Deputy Director, Fiona Leslie, Land Tenure Branch Policy Officer, Agriculture and Rural Development Division, and Caroline Mair, Solicitor, Rural Affairs, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— the Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petrol Vapour Recovery) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/418); the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges etc.) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/428); the Police (Retention and Disposal of Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Revocation Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/429). 5. Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 18 January, the Committee expects to continue to take evidence on the Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 11 January 2012 1st Meeting, 2012

The Committee will meet at 11.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Declaration of interests: John Park will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 and all future reviews of evidence taken in private. 3. Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— John Scott, Solicitor, and Ross MacKay, Solicitor, Law Society of Scotland; Fiona Letham, Professional Support Lawyer, Dundas & Wilson; Graeme McCormick, Founder and Managing Director, Conveyancing Direct; Ken Swinton, Senior Lecturer in Law, Abertay University, Council Member, and Ian Ferguson, Solicitor, Partner Mitchells Roberton Solicitors, Council Member, Scottish Law Agents Society. 4. Land Registration etc (Scotland) Bill The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 18 January, the Committee expects to take oral evidence on the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill and to consider a remit and terms of reference for its proposed inquiry into the Scottish Government’s renewable energy targets.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section D - Oral questions selected for answer on 12 January 2012

First Minister’s Question Time

1. Johann Lamont: To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S4F-00390)

2. Ruth Davidson: To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. (S4F-00381)

3. Joe FitzPatrick: To ask the First Minister whether it remains the Scottish Government’s position to hold a referendum on independence in the second half of the current parliamentary session. (S4F-00387)

4. Humza Yousaf: To ask the First Minister what action the Crown Office has taken in response to legislative changes relating to double jeopardy. (S4F-00392)

5. Jackie Baillie: To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s most recent estimate is of the number of women in Scotland who have received breast implants manufactured by PIP. (S4F-00391)

6. Nigel Don: To ask the First Minister what progress has been made toward securing an agreement with ambulance staff on emergency interruption of rest breaks. (S4F-00386)

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section E – Written questions lodged on 9 January 2012

Questions marked with a triangle (Δ) are initiated by the Scottish Executive in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.

Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an "R".

S4W-04820 John Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the case has been made for a bypass for Selkirk.

S4W-04821 John Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive what further improvements to the A7 through Hawick it will carry out during the current parliamentary session.

S4W-04822 John Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce minimum nutritional standards for food served in NHS hospitals.

S4W-04823 John Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital meals have been returned uneaten in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital.

S4W-04824 John Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to encourage an increase in consumption of vitamin D by adults.

S4W-04861 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with (a) Transport Scotland, (b) Network Rail, (c) ScotRail and (d) representatives of passengers and communities regarding a possible reconfiguration of rail services or stations in Glasgow.

S4W-04862 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides on advertising public sector vacancies over the festive period.

S4W-04863 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be the minimum period of time for which a public sector vacancy should be advertised.

S4W-04864 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making toward the reform of the Children’s Hearings System and when local plans will be in place.

S4W-04865 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers its agenda for cities, as set out in Scotland’s Cities: Delivering for Scotland, to be a plan or a project.

S4W-04866 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether its agenda for cities, as set out in Scotland’s Cities: Delivering for Scotland, has been subject to a strategic environmental assessment.

S4W-04867 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the duty on public (a) bodies and (b) office holders to further the conservation of biodiversity under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 applies to the secretariat of the Scottish Cities Alliance.

S4W-04868 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the sustainable development duty under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 applies to the secretariat of the Scottish Cities Alliance.

S4W-04869 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations were consulted during the development of its agenda for cities, as set out in Scotland’s Cities: Delivering for Scotland.

S4W-04870 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what role biodiversity conservation has in promoting the sustainability of cities.

S4W-04872 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether projects for furthering biodiversity conservation will be eligible for funding through the Cities Investment Fund.

S4W-04873 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what role nature conservation organisations will have in the Scottish Cities Alliance.

S4W-04874 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what role public health considerations had in the development of its agenda for cities, as set out in Scotland’s Cities: Delivering for Scotland.

S4W-04875 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has given to the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) in that organisation’s role as facilitator of the Scottish Cities Alliance on the duty of public bodies to further the conservation of biodiversity.

S4W-04876 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive how its agenda for cities, as set out in Scotland’s Cities: Delivering for Scotland, furthers the conservation of biodiversity.

S4W-04877 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy sought regarding the cabinet secretary’s duty as a holder of public office to further the conservation of biodiversity before approving its agenda for cities, as set out in Scotland’s Cities: Delivering for Scotland.

S4W-04878 Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a business and regulatory impact assessment on its two new business rate taxes relating to retailers and firms with empty premises and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

S4W-04879 Graeme Pearson: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-04180 by Stewart Stevenson on 8 December 2011, when each successful application to the climate change fund was submitted.

S4W-04883 Marco Biagi: To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with the Department of Energy and Climate Change on feed-in tariffs for community energy projects.

S4W-04884 John Pentland: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide (a) a list of all railway stations that are less than a mile from another station and (b) the reasons for each of these stations being included in or excluded from the list provided on Rail 2014 Consultation - FACT SHEET - 1.

S4W-04885 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing mandatory disclosure checks in respect of private landlord registration.

S4W-04886 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities have the power to perform random checks or checks in response to specific information on the premises of registered private landlords.

S4W-04887 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing stated grounds of appeal for refusal of private landlord registration.

S4W-04888 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider the case for management control orders, or similar, to allow local authorities to take control of premises that continue to operate after a private landlord’s registration has been revoked or refused.

S4W-04889 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing a minimum fine for landlord registration offences.

S4W-04890 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider third- party reporting rights to allow private rented housing panels or others to defend appeals against decisions of the panel rather than the tenant complainer.

S4W-04891 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish guidance on the operation of overcrowding statutory notices.

S4W-04892 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering reforming housing in multiple occupation legislation and what data it holds on the court success rates of enforcement action against landlords in breach of the legislation.

S4W-04893 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider the case for licensing and regulation of letting agents.

S4W-04894 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether and, if so, when it will introduce further legislation regarding private rented housing in the current parliamentary session.

S4W-04895 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering designating private rented pressured areas.

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section F – Motions and Amendments

Motions and amendments are normally printed the day after they are lodged. If an amendment is lodged to a motion then the original motion will appear alongside the amendment, along with any support lodged that day, in this section.

Each Monday, this section also contains all motions and amendments lodged the previous week that are still live and any motions and amendments that have been lodged for debate in the coming week. A motion or amendment is live if it has not been debated, withdrawn or otherwise deleted from the list.

Where a motion or amendment has been withdrawn, it is indicated in this section the day after it has been withdrawn. Support for motions and amendments received after they are lodged is shown at the end of this section the day after such support is received.

Motions and amendments can be published with various symbols:

 Asterisks before the motion or amendment number indicate a motion or amendment published for the first time;

 Asterisks also identify alterations to the text of a motion or amendment made since it was first published;

 A hash symbol identifies motions eligible for debate at Members’ Business;

 A diamond symbol identifies motions lodged for Members’ Business that have not yet attracted the required cross-party support;

 An "R", identifies motions or amendments in which the Member who lodged it has a registrable interest.

The Parliamentary Bureau periodically deletes motions or amendments not scheduled for debate and which are over six weeks old.

A search facility is also available on the Scottish Parliament web site at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Any questions in relation to this section should be directed to the Chamber Desk, for which contact details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

New and altered motions and amendments

*S4M-01667 Stewart Maxwell: Education and Culture Committee, Inquiry into the educational attainment of looked after children—That the Parliament notes that the Education and Culture Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the educational attainment of looked-after children and that, in order to inform its final report, the committee would welcome the views of all members on the key themes that have emerged in evidence.

*S4M-01664 Stuart McMillan: Congratulating First Queen’s Scout of 2012—That the Parliament congratulates Martin Keane of 32nd Greenock and District Scout Group, who, on New Year’s Day, became the first Queen’s Scout of 2012; also congratulates Matthew and Dominic Hurrell of the same troop, who are to receive Queen’s Scout awards later in 2012; commends the example that these young men have set for others in their community, and considers that the scouting movement continues to play an important role in the development of personal and social skills as well as prospects and opportunities for young people throughout the world.

Supported by: Jamie McGrigor*, Rob Gibson*, Bill Walker*, Kevin Stewart*

Motions and amendments which have attracted additional support

S4M-01663 2012, Year of Scotland’s Islands (lodged on 06 January 2012) Margaret Mitchell*, Jackson Carlaw*, Mary Scanlon*, John Finnie*, Kevin Stewart*, John Lamont*, Joan McAlpine*, Drew Smith*, Tavish Scott*, Maureen Watt*, Mike MacKenzie*, Jim Eadie*, Angus MacDonald*, Kenneth Gibson*, Richard Lyle*, Jackie Baillie*, Murdo Fraser*, Dennis Robertson*, Colin Beattie*

S4M-01661 Westray’s Well in the Warm Heart of Africa (lodged on 04 January 2012) John Finnie*, Elaine Smith*, Kevin Stewart*, Richard Lyle*, Jim Hume*

S4M-01660 Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative’s 2012 Calendar (lodged on 23 December 2011) Kevin Stewart*, Richard Lyle*, Colin Beattie*

S4M-01658 US Military Action in Pakistan (lodged on 23 December 2011) Dennis Robertson*

S4M-01657 Perth City Status 2012 (lodged on 22 December 2011) Margaret Mitchell*, Mary Scanlon*, Kevin Stewart*, John Lamont*, Jim Eadie*, Richard Lyle*, Dennis Robertson*, Alex Fergusson*

S4M-01656 Dunfermline, Ancient Capital of Scotland (lodged on 22 December 2011) John Pentland*, Dennis Robertson*, Nanette Milne*, Margaret Burgess*, Colin Beattie*, Kenneth Gibson*, Jamie McGrigor*, John Lamont*, Jim Hume*, Kevin Stewart*

S4M-01655 Assistance Dogs are Working Dogs Too (lodged on 23 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*, Roderick Campbell*, John Finnie*, Kevin Stewart*, Maureen Watt*, Jim Eadie*, Mike MacKenzie*, Bob Doris*, Richard Lyle*, Adam Ingram*

S4M-01654 Protecting Access to Justice across Scotland (lodged on 22 December 2011) Elaine Murray*

S4M-01650 Sensational Play (lodged on 22 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*, Jim Eadie*

S4M-01649 National Youth Brass Band of Scotland (lodged on 22 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01643 Chris Paterson Tribute (lodged on 21 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01642 BBC Responsibility to Provide In-depth Analysis of News and Current Affairs (lodged on 21 December 2011) Elaine Smith*, Stewart Maxwell*, John Park*, Dennis Robertson*

S4M-01641 Aberdeen, the UK’s Fastest Growing Airport (lodged on 21 December 2011) Colin Beattie*

S4M-01639 GlaxoSmithKline Montrose (lodged on 21 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01633 Scottish Premier League Decision to Allow Terracing (lodged on 21 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*, Elaine Smith*

S4M-01624 Young Entrepreneur of the Year (lodged on 20 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01623 Death of Václav Havel (lodged on 20 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01617 Spirit of Unity (lodged on 19 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01612 Specimen Dissection at Crosshouse Hospital (lodged on 19 December 2011) Stewart Maxwell*

S4M-01601 RSBi in Springburn Wins Gold (lodged on 15 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01567 Scottish Women’s European Curling Champions (lodged on 12 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01564 Citizens Advice Service and Welfare Reform (lodged on 12 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01558 High-interest Payday Loans (lodged on 12 December 2011) Margo MacDonald*

S4M-01551 Tackling the Problem of Empty Homes in Scotland (lodged on 08 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01548 Radioactive Particles at Dalgety Bay (lodged on 08 December 2011) Jim Eadie*

S4M-01528 Motherwell FC Helps to Promote Internet Safety (lodged on 07 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01525 Strathclyde New Opportunities Fund (lodged on 06 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01521 Renfrewshire Women’s Association, Wear Your White Ribbon (lodged on 06 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01509 Supporting Healthy Choices (lodged on 06 December 2011) Elaine Smith*, Claire Baker*, Margo MacDonald*

S4M-01507 No Place for Hate, LGBT Hate Crime in Education (lodged on 06 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

S4M-01489 British Sign Language (lodged on 05 December 2011) Elaine Smith*

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section H – New Documents

The following document was laid before the Parliament on 9 January 2012 and is not subject to any Parliamentary procedure Informing the Future: The State of Freedom of Information in Scotland (SG/2012/2) laid under section 46(3) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Committee Reports

For further information on accessing committee reports, please contact either the relevant clerk or webpage (see end of Bulletin for contact details or access general committee webpage)

Business Bulletin: Tuesday 10 January 2012 Section J – Progress of Legislation

For further information on the progress of Bills and subordinate legislation, contact either the relevant clerk or webpage (see end of Bulletin for details).

Bills in Progress A list of all bills in progress can be accessed by the Scottish Parliament website at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/576.aspx

For each Bill, the date of the next (or most recent) event in the Bill’s passage is given. Other relevant information, e.g. about lodging amendments, is given in italics.

As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. an Executive, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged. The last lodging day for amendments at Stage 2 is three sitting days before the meeting at which those amendments will be considered (e.g. Thursday for a meeting on Tuesday); at Stage 3 it is four days before. Amendments may be lodged until 4.30 pm on any sitting day, except on the last lodging day for Stage 2, when the deadline is 12 noon.

A Hybrid Bill is subject to the same rules except in the case of Stage 2 where amendments for consideration may be lodged no earlier than the completion of any consideration of evidence at Stage 2.

Amendments to Private Bills are subject to different deadlines. These are set out in Rule 9A.12 of Standing Orders.

Members are advised to lodge amendments in good time before the beginning of a Stage and as early as possible during the day.

(Ex) = Executive Bill; (M) = Member’s Bill; (C) = Committee Bill; (P) = Private Bill; (H) = Hybrid Bill.

Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (Ex) Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment) 11 January

Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill (Ex) Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Health and Sport)) 10 January

Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Bill (Ex) Stage 1 (Finance Committee) 21 December Lead committee – Justice

Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill (Ex) Stage 1 (Subordinate Legislation Committee) 10 January Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Economy, Energy and Tourism)) 11 January

National Library of Scotland Bill (Ex) Stage 1 (Finance Committee) 11 January Lead committee – Education and Culture

Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill (Ex) Passed 14 December

Subordinate legislation in progress (date of laying) (Lead Committee)

Affirmative instruments

Lead committee to report by 13 January 2012

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2012 [draft] (18 November 2011) (Education and Culture)

Lead committee to report by 17 January 2012

Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 [draft] (22 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Lead committee to report by 29 January 2012

Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] (5 December 2011) (Education and Culture)

Lead committee to report by 30 January 2012

Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Inshore and Offshore Regions) Amendment Order 2012 [draft] (6 December 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Lead committee to report by 6 February 2012

Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [draft] (13 December 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Excepted Services) Regulations 2012 [draft] (13 December 2011) (Health and Sport)

Public Services Reform (Social Services Inspections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [draft] (13 December 2011) (Health and Sport)

Lead committee to report by 7 February 2012

Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 [draft] (14 December 2011) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Lead committee to report by 24 February 2012

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012 [draft] (22 December 2011) (Education and Culture)

Forestry Commissioners (Climate Change Functions) (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] (22 December 2011) (Rural Affairs Climate Change and Environment)

Advice and Assistance (Assistance By Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [draft] (22 December 2011) (Justice)

Negative Instruments

Members should note that the deadline for the lead committee to report by is an administrative deadline. Lead committees normally report on negative instruments only after considering a motion recommending annulment of the instrument. Where Members have queries in relation to this deadline, they should contact the clerks to the Subordinate Legislation Committee.

Subject to annulment by 13 January 2012 Lead committee to report by 9 January 2012

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors and Witnesses in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2011 (SSI 2011/403) (18 November 2011) (Justice)

Subject to annulment by 16 January 2012 Lead committee to report by 9 January 2012

Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (SSI 2011/405) (21 November 2011) (Education and Culture)

Subject to annulment by 19 January 2012 Lead committee to report by 16 January 2012

Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/410) (24 November 2011) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Prescribed Purposes for Consideration of Suitability) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/411) (24 November 2011) (Education and Culture)

Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/412) (24 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Seed (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/413) (24 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/414) (24 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/415) (24 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Common Agricultural Policy Single Farm Payment and Support Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/416) (24 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Subject to annulment by 20 January 2011 Lead committee to report by 16 January 2011

Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/417) (25 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petrol Vapour Recovery) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/418) (25 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (Authorised Operations) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/419) (25 November 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Subject to annulment by 30 January 2012 Lead committee to report by 23 January 2012

Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges etc.) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/428) (6 December 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Police (Retention and Disposal of Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Revocation Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/429) (6 December 2011) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Subject to annulment by 2 February 2012 Lead committee to report by 30 January 2012

Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/435) (9 December 2011) (Justice)

Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse and Civil Partner (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/436) (9 December 2011) (Justice)

Subject to annulment by 21 February 2012 Lead committee to report by 6 February 2012

Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendment) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/445) (19 December 2011) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Bus Lane Contraventions (Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/442) (19 December 2011) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/443) (19 December 2011) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Bus Lanes (Approved Devices) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/444) (19 December 2011) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Subject to annulment by 22 February 2012 Lead committee to report by 6 February 2012

Charities References in Documents (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/446) (20 December 2011) (Justice)

Subject to annulment by 24 February 2012 Lead committee to report by 20 February 2012

National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/449) (22 December 2011) (Health and Sport)