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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 81/2014 Friday 16 May 2014 BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 81/2014 Friday 16 May 2014 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 Section K: Corrections to the Official Report 2 Business Bulletin: Friday 16 May 2014 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 14 May 2014 Tuesday 20 May 2014 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Mrs Madhu Jain, member of Interfaith Scotland and Hindu Mandir followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Stage 1 Debate: Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Bill followed by Financial Resolution: Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Bill (for text of motion S4M-09142 see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Wednesday 26 February 2014) followed by Stage 1 Debate: Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.30 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-09792 Kenneth Gibson: Tackling the Stigma of Epilepsy through Education (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 24 April 2014) Wednesday 21 May 2014 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Commonwealth Games, Sports, Equalities and Pensioners’ Rights; Training, Youth and Women’s Employment (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 15 May 2014) 3 2.40 pm General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 15 May 2014) 3.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 3.30 pm Stage 1 Debate: Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill followed by Financial Resolution: Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-09375 see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Tuesday 18 March 2014) followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.30 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-09911 Jackie Baillie: Scottish Learning Disability Awareness Week 2014 (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Friday 2 May 2014) Tuesday 27 May 2014 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Wednesday 28 May 2014 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 4 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 29 May 2014 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 12.30 pm Members’ Business 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 5 Business Bulletin: Friday 16 May 2014 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 Justice Committee 20 May 2014 16th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.15 am in the Sir Alexander Fleming Room (CR3) 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Right to Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/95); Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/108); Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (SSI 2014/109); Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/110). 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following instrument which is not subject to any parliamentary procedure— Act of Sederunt (Fitness for Judicial Office Tribunal Rules) 2014 (SSI 2014/99). 3. Annual report: The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the Parliamentary year from 11 May 2013 to 10 May 2014. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 3 June, the Committee expects to consider the Scottish Government’s response to the Review of Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation in Scotland, public petitions and its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. 7 Health and Sport Committee 20 May 2014 16th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. NHS boards budget scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from— Carol Gillie, Director of Finance, NHS Borders; Alan Gray, Director of Finance, NHS Grampian; Paul James, Director of Finance, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Gerry O’Brien, Director of Finance, NHS Orkney. 3. Inquiry into teenage pregnancy: The Committee will take evidence from— Michael Matheson, Minister for Public Health, Felicity Sung, National Co- ordinator: Sexual Health and HIV, Gareth Brown, Head of Blood, Organ Donation and Sexual Health Team, and Colin Spivey, Learning Directorate Team Leader, Scottish Government. 4. Health Inequalities: Equally Well: The Committee will take evidence from— Michael Matheson, Minister for Public Health, Donald Henderson, Head of Public Health Division, and Aileen Keel, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 27 May, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence on the Food (Scotland) Bill and oral evidence on the NHS Boards budget. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Education and Culture Committee 20 May 2014 14th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. The Committee will also decide whether to consider its work programme, annual report and draft Stage 1 report on the Historic Environment Scotland Bill in private at future meetings. 2. Historic Environment Scotland Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Noel Fojut, Bill Team Leader, David Fleetwood, Bill Team Manager, and Emma Thomson, Principal Legal Officer, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Additional Support for Learning (Sources of Information) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (SSI 2014/103); 8 Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/112); Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Compulsory Supervision Order Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/113). 4. Historic Environment Scotland Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence received. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 27 May, the Committee expects to consider its work programme and annual report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Public Petitions Committee 20 May 2014 10th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2) 1. Consideration of a current petition: The Committee will consider— PE1319 by William Smith and Scott Robertson on improving youth football in Scotland and take evidence in a round table format from— Neil Doncaster, Chief Executive, Scottish Professional Football League; Andrew McKinlay, Director of Football Governance and Regulation, Scottish Football Association; John Murray, Heart of Midlothian FC; Malcolm McGregor, Advocate, Compass Chambers; William Smith, and Scott Robertson, Petitioners. 2. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider— PE1515 by Mick Napier on asylum in Scotland to Glasgow University rector Edward Snowden and take evidence from— Mick Napier; and will then consider— PE1522 by Simon Brogan on improving bulk fuel storage safety and take evidence from— Simon Brogan; and will then consider— PE1516 by Malcolm Lamont on referenda for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. 3. Consideration of current petitions: The Committee will consider— PE1412 by Bill McDowell on bonds of caution; PE1463 by Lorraine Cleaver on effective thyroid and
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