BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 185/2015 Monday 14 December 2015
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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 185/2015 Monday 14 December 2015 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 Questions - 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: Monday 14 December 2015 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 9 December 2015 Tuesday 15 December 2015 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – The Right Reverend Stephen Robson, Bishop of Dunkeld followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Redesigning Primary Care for Scotland‘s Communities followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-14481 Liz Smith: Perth Bid to Become the UK City of Culture 2021 (for text of motion see Section F) Wednesday 16 December 2015 1.15 pm Members‘ Business – S4M-14515 Alison McInnes: Garioch Home-Start Celebrates 20 Years (for text of motion see Section F) 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Fair Work, Skills and Training; Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners‘ Rights (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 10 December 2015) followed by Ministerial Statement: Draft Budget 2016-17 followed by Stage 1 Debate: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 3 followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 6.00 pm Decision Time Thursday 17 December 2015 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 10 December 2015) 12.00 pm First Minister‘s Questions 12.30 pm Members‘ Business – S4M-15046 John Wilson: Syrian Air Strikes (for text of motion see Section F) 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Stage 3 Proceedings: Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-15146 see Section F) followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Bill followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 4.30 pm Decision Time Tuesday 5 January 2016 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 4 Wednesday 6 January 2016 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Justice and the Law Officers; Rural Affairs, Food and Environment followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business Thursday 7 January 2016 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 2.30 pm Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 5 Business Bulletin: Monday 14 December 2015 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 15 December 2015 36th Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Interception of communications by Police Scotland The Committee will take evidence from— Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson, Designated Deputy for the Chief Constable, Police Scotland; John Foley, Chief Executive, Scottish Police Authority; and then from— Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Ian Kernohan, Police Division, and Graeme Waugh, Police Division, Scottish Government. 3. Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Philip Lamont, Criminal Justice Division, Patrick Down, Criminal Justice Division, Ian Fleming, Safer Communities Division, and Catherine Scott, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) (Sheriff Appeal Court) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/398). 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 5 January, the Committee expects to take evidence from the Scottish Government on the Draft Budget 2016-17 and to consider subordinate legislation and current petitions. 7 For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 15 December 2015 36th Meeting, 2015 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 items 10 and 11 in private. 2. Consideration of the work of the Committee during the parliamentary year: The Committee will take evidence from— Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Parliamentary Business; Paul Cackette, Deputy Solicitor and Head of Group 2, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 3. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Scottish Government on the Bill. 4. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— David Menzies, Director of Insolvency, Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS); Rachel Grant, Member and former Chair of the R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals‘ Scottish Technical Committee. 5. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the draft section 104 Order provided to the Committee and provisions relating to or touching on reserved matters which are restated in the Bill. 6. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the written evidence received on the Bill. 7. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Microchipping of Dogs (Scotland) Regulations 2016 [draft]. 8. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 10 and Saving Provision) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/406 (C.51)); Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 Amendment) (No. 4) (Protective Expenses Orders) 2015 (SSI 2015/408); Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/409 (C.52)); Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/411 (C.53)); Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/417 (C.54)). 9. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform in response to concerns that the Committee raised over a number of delegated powers within the Bill. 8 10. Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider further the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. 11. Consideration of the work of the Committee during the parliamentary year: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting. 12. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 5 January, the Committee expects to consider subordinate legislation and will continue to take evidence on the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Education and Culture Committee 15 December 2015 32nd Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2) 1. Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft Stage 1 report. 2. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2016-17 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report to the Finance Committee on the Scottish Government‘s Draft Budget 2016-17. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 5 January, the Committee will take evidence on the BBC Charter Renewal. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Health and