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mAg/S3/08/37 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU AGENDA FOR MEETING ON TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2008 2.00pm: Room Q1.03 1. Minutes (a) Draft minutes of 9 December 2008 (attached) (b) Matters arising 2. Future Business Programme (PB/S3/08/146) 3. Legislation (a) Legislative Consent Memorandum – Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill (PB/S3/08/147) (b) Legislative Consent Memorandum – Marine and Coastal Access Bill (PB/S3/08/148) (to follow) (c) Proposed End of Life Choices (Scotland) Bill – referral of draft proposal (PB/S3/08/149) 4. Publication scheme – consideration of any exempt papers 5. Date of next meeting – Tuesday 6 January 2009 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU POSSIBLE MOTIONS FOR MEMBERS BUSINESS 1. Bureau Members will be aware that under Rule 5.6.1(c) the Bureau has a duty to ensure that there is a period of time available for Members’ Business following Decision Time. 2. Motions submitted for Members’ Business are shown below. S3M-3073# Bill Kidd: Knightswood Youth Theatre Announced as a Winner of Phillip Lawrence Awards—That the Parliament offers its congratulations to Knightswood Youth Theatre, which was announced a winner in the Phillip Lawrence Awards, a prestigious national awards scheme that celebrates outstanding contributions made by young people to their community; commends the Knightswood Youth Theatre for bringing together young asylum seekers and refugees with young people from the local area to talk and share feelings, and commends its use of drama as a medium to increase mutual understanding and help the wider community gain a better understanding of young people’s views and aspirations, on a wide range of controversial issues, including dawn raids, racism, alcoholism, divorce, bullying, teen suicide, friendship and romance. Supported by: Christina McKelvie, Rob Gibson, Alasdair Allan, Jamie Hepburn, Bashir Ahmad, Kenneth Gibson, Patrick Harvie, Aileen Campbell, Bob Doris, Stuart McMillan, Robin Harper, Bill Butler, Hugh Henry, Alex Neil S3M-3038# Sandra White: Devastating Cuts At The Herald and Evening Times—That the Parliament condemns the announcement that all staff at The Herald and Evening Times in Glasgow will be made redundant and have to re-apply for their jobs under new terms and conditions, which it believes will inevitably leave them worse off, and further believes that this reorganisation will have a damaging effect on editorial independence among the titles and should be re-evaluated. Supported by: Alasdair Allan, Hugh O’Donnell, Stuart McMillan, Andrew Welsh, Pauline McNeill, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Bill Kidd, Aileen Campbell, Rob Gibson, Bashir Ahmad, Christine Grahame, Kenneth Gibson, Brian Adam, Christina McKelvie, Bill Wilson, Cathy Peattie, Bob Doris, Patrick Harvie, Joe FitzPatrick, Ken Macintosh, Willie Coffey, Ian McKee, Dave Thompson, Jamie Hepburn, Michael Matheson S3M-2999# Bill Butler: Glasgow Community Champion Awards—That the Parliament welcomes the Glasgow Community Champion Awards promoted by the Evening Times and supported by Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Community Planning Partnership, Strathclyde Police and Strathclyde Fire and Rescue; congratulates all the nominees for the six award categories in the west area and wishes them all a memorable evening at the local award ceremony to be held at Drumchapel Community Centre on Tuesday 2 December 2008, and looks forward to future award ceremonies throughout Glasgow over the next few months, which will serve to recognise the selfless commitment, hard work and public-spiritedness of the many Glaswegians who seek to improve the quality of life of others living in their communities. Supported by: Mary Mulligan, James Kelly, Jackson Carlaw, Mr Frank McAveety, Jamie McGrigor, Alasdair Allan, Dr Richard Simpson, Kenneth Gibson, Bob Doris, Helen Eadie, Stuart McMillan, Trish Godman, Gil Paterson, Sandra White, Bill Kidd, Jamie Hepburn, Jackie Baillie, Des McNulty, Pauline McNeill, Hugh Henry, Robin Harper, Karen Whitefield, Angela Constance, Cathy Jamieson S3M-2985# Mary Mulligan: Young Roots Films of Woodland in Scotland—That the Parliament congratulates the Woodland Trust Scotland and pupils of Bathgate Academy, Deans Community High, Inveralmond Community High, Linlithgow Academy and Whitburn Academy for producing the Young Roots videos, representing various views of local woodlands; recognises that this has helped the young people to understand the contribution of woodland to their environment and to gain skills on film-making, and hopes that the videos can be made available to school and community groups across Scotland to raise awareness of the many woodlands throughout Scotland. Supported by: Patrick Harvie, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Bashir Ahmad, Paul Martin, Bill Kidd, Ken Macintosh, Robin Harper, Hugh Henry, Cathy Jamieson, Elizabeth Smith, Claire Baker, Nanette Milne, Jackson Carlaw, Trish Godman, Mr Frank McAveety, Patricia Ferguson, Angela Constance, Roseanna Cunningham, Jackie Baillie, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Karen Whitefield S3M-2957# Lewis Macdonald: Aberdeen Forensic Science Laboratory—That the Parliament notes the proposals made by the Scottish Police Services Authority for the closure of the forensic science laboratory in Aberdeen; welcomes the direction issued by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the authority in May 2008 that it should engage in fresh consultation with interested parties; considers, with regret, that the authority’s consultation document published in November 2008 amounts to no more than a further case for closure; believes that the authority has thereby appeared to suggest that the conclusion of its consultation has already been determined in favour of closure, and further believes that the continued provision of forensic services to Grampian Police and Northern Constabulary by the forensic laboratory in Aberdeen is one of a number of options worthy of proper consideration in a meaningful consultation process. Supported by: Richard Baker, Nanette Milne, George Foulkes, Michael McMahon, Mike Rumbles, Elaine Murray, Helen Eadie, Trish Godman, Robin Harper, Alison McInnes, Mary Mulligan, Marilyn Livingstone, Nigel Don, Mary Scanlon, Brian Adam S3M-2932# Jamie McGrigor: Future of the Bull Hire Scheme—That the Parliament notes the proposals to abolish the current Bull Hire Scheme for crofters; is aware of genuinely felt concerns among crofters over this proposal and the potentially more costly and inconvenient options that might replace the scheme; believes that the current Bull Hire Scheme has widespread support within the crofting sector and has played an extremely important part in maintaining the quality of cattle stock in the crofting counties, and further believes that some form of bull hire scheme is in the best interests of crofters and stock quality in the crofting counties. Supported by: Murdo Fraser, Mary Scanlon, Ted Brocklebank, John Scott, John Lamont, Margaret Mitchell, Bill Aitken, Nanette Milne, Elizabeth Smith, Annabel Goldie, Christopher Harvie, Robin Harper, Liam McArthur, Peter Peacock, Rhoda Grant, David Stewart S3M-2926# Mary Mulligan: Shelter Scotland 40 Years On—That the Parliament welcomes the publication by Shelter Scotland of the 40 Years On booklet, which marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Shelter Scotland on 3 October 1968; notes that throughout its existence Shelter Scotland has consistently spoken out on behalf of those who are homeless or in poor-quality housing; further notes that Shelter Scotland has been at the cutting edge of developing services, including the opening of housing aid centres, the rural housing initiative, care and repair schemes for older people, the launch of the Housing Law Service, the returning home initiative and the Rough Sleepers Initiative, and was instrumental in the establishment of housing associations in Scotland such as Castle Rock Housing Association, now Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association; further notes that Shelter Scotland is today the largest provider of online housing advice in the country; recognises that Shelter played a key role in the development of the Homelessness Task Force, which for the first time led to the establishment of a legal commitment to give all homeless people the right to a home by 2012, and welcomes the ongoing contribution which Shelter Scotland makes in the challenge of providing good-quality housing for all in Scotland. Supported by: Bashir Ahmad, Jim Tolson, Kenneth Gibson, Margaret Curran, Liam McArthur, Cathy Jamieson, Marlyn Glen, John Park, David Whitton, Patricia Ferguson, Alex Neil, Nanette Milne, George Foulkes, Malcolm Chisholm, Ross Finnie, Bill Butler, Mike Pringle, Patrick Harvie, Roseanna Cunningham, Hugh O’Donnell, Christina McKelvie, Gil Paterson, Robert Brown, Jamie Hepburn, Claire Baker, Sarah Boyack, Alison McInnes, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Ms Wendy Alexander, Mr Frank McAveety, Angela Constance, Dr Richard Simpson, Christine Grahame, Cathie Craigie, Robin Harper, Jackie Baillie, Margo MacDonald, Cathy Peattie, Jack McConnell, Karen Whitefield, Dave Thompson, Keith Brown, Marilyn Livingstone, Peter Peacock S3M-2898# Ian McKee: Recognising the Role of a Healthy, Competitive Television Industry in the Cultural Life of Scotland—That the Parliament recognises the contribution made to the cultural and social life of Scotland and, in particular, in Glasgow and Edinburgh, by a vibrant and competitive home-based television programme-making sector; recognises the role of STV as Scotland’s only commercial public sector broadcasting (PSB) provider, a function that it
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