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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 19 JUNE 2012 AT 2.00 PM

Attending: (chair), Elaine Smith, John Scott, Bruce Crawford, Paul Martin, John Lamont, Alison McInnes.

Observing: , James Kelly.

Officials present: Paul Grice, David McGill, Stephen Imrie, Billy McLaren, Myer Cohen, Nicola Dove, Sarah Robertson.

1. Item 1a: Minutes of last meeting —The minutes of 12 June 2012 were agreed.

2. Item 1b: Matters arising — There were no matters arising.

3. Future Business Programme — The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament a business programme for the weeks commencing 25 June and 3 September 2012.

It was noted that Members’ Business on Wednesday 27 June would be motion S4M- 03226 Patricia Ferguson on Cuts Threaten Creativity and on Thursday 28 June would be motion S4M-03049 Christina McKelvie on Success of Armed Services Advice Project.

4. Appointment of a committee adviser – The Bureau agreed to a request from the Local Government and Regeneration Committee to appoint an adviser.

5. Suspension and variation of Standing Orders: UK Public Bodies Act 2011 – The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament a variation for a further period of time to the remit of the Subordinate Legislation Committee in order to allow that Committee to consider memoranda brought forward by the Scottish Government under the Act.

6. Approval of an SSI — The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament by motion that the Mental Health (Safety and Security) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [draft] be approved.

7. Removal of motions — The Bureau agreed that all motions lodged on or before 8 May 2012 be removed from the Business Bulletin with the exception of the following—

S4M-02677 Fiona McLeod The Third Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Conference S4M-02703 Humankind Index S4M-02717 Cycling through the Borders

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8. Publication Scheme — It was agreed that all papers considered at the meeting should be published.

9. Date of next meeting — The next meeting of the Bureau would be held at 11.00 am on Tuesday 28 August 2012. Any items of business to be considered before this date would be considered by correspondence.

Stephen Imrie Clerk to the Parliamentary Bureau 19 June 2012

PAPERS CONSIDERED BY CORRESPONDENCE w/c 25 JUNE 2012

1. Procedural motions (a) Committee membership and substitution on committees — The Bureau agreed to recommend that the following changes to membership on committees be agreed:

Jackson Carlaw be appointed to replace Nanette Milne as a member of the Public Petitions Committee.

Hanzala Malik be appointed to replace Michael McMahon as a member of the Subordinate Legislation Committee.

Jackie Baillie be appointed to replace as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee.

Fiona McLeod be appointed to replace as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

Sandra White be appointed to replace Fiona McLeod as a member of the Health and Sport Committee.

Jackson Carlaw be appointed to replace Nanette Milne as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Health and Sport Committee.

(b) Approval of SSIs — The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament by motion that the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2012 and the Licensed Legal Services (Specification of Regulated Professions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 be approved.

2. Appointment of a committee adviser — the Bureau agreed to a request from the Health and Sport Committee to appoint an adviser.

3. Council of Europe – membership — The Bureau agreed to recommend the following motion to the Parliament: That the Parliament endorses the Scottish Government’s proposal to nominate, as representatives of the Parliament, Christina McKelvie MSP as a full member and MSP as an alternate member on the UK delegation to the regional chamber of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe for the remainder of the current parliamentary session to 2016.

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4. Time for Reflection — The Bureau agreed a programme of contributors to Time for Reflection from September 2012 until the end of December 2012. [Paper not published until all proposed contributors have been contacted and their designations agreed.]

5. Procedural motions Approval of SSIs and Code of Practice — The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament by motion that Fundable Bodies (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft], the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2012 [draft] and the Code of Practice on Non-Native Species (SG 2012/87) be approved.

6. Date of next meeting — The next meeting of the Bureau would be held at 11.00 am on Tuesday 28 August 2012.