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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 39/2014 Wednesday 5 March 2014 BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 39/2014 Wednesday 5 March 2014 Summary of Today’s Business Meetings of Committees 9.15 am Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Committee Room 4 9.30 am Local Government and Regeneration Committee Room 5 Committee 10.00 am Finance Committee Committee Room 6 10.00 am Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee Room 1 Committee 10.00 am Public Audit Committee Committee Room 3 10.00 am Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Committee Room 2 Environment Committee ___________________________________________________________________ Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Rural Affairs and the Environment; Justice and the Law Officers followed by Scottish Government Debate: Update on Delivering the 2020 Vision in NHS Scotland followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-08894 Linda Fabiani: Marie Curie’s 2014 Great Daffodil Appeal 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 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: Wednesday 5 March 2014 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. Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 6th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.15 am in Committee Room 4 1. Declaration of interests: Richard Baker will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Scotland’s Economic Future Post 2014: The Committee will take evidence from— Paul Johnson, Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies; Professor Jo Armstrong, Independent Economist and Researcher, Centre for Public Policy for Regions, University of Glasgow; Dr. Angus Armstrong, National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Fellow of the ESRC Future of the UK and Scotland programme; and then from— Crawford Beveridge, Chair, and Professor Andrew Hughes Hallett, Member, Fiscal Commission Working Group; and then from— Professor David Bell, University of Stirling and Fellow of the ESRC Future of the UK and Scotland programme; Professor David Simpson, Economist and Author; Professor Charlie Jeffery, Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the ESRC Future of the UK and Scotland Programme. 3. Scotland’s Economic Future Post-2014: Review of evidence heard: The Committee will review the evidence heard at today’s meeting. Local Government and Regeneration Committee 7th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 5 1. Draft Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill from— Derek Mackay, Minister for Local Government and Planning, Alasdair McKinlay, Head of Community Planning and Community Empowerment 3 Unit, and Jean Waddie, Bill Manager, Community Planning and Empowerment, Scottish Government. 2. Auditor General for Scotland (AGS) and Accounts Commission for Scotland (AC) work programme brief: The Committee will discuss with the AGS and AC their future work programme— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland, Audit Scotland; Douglas Sinclair, Chair, Accounts Commission for Scotland; Fraser McKinlay, Controller of Audit and Director, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland. 3. Draft Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from— Jonathan Findlay, Councillor, Glasgow City Council; Anna Whelan, Strategy Manager, Orkney Islands Council; Ritchie Johnson, Director of Housing and Social Work, Aberdeenshire Council; Pamela Roccio, Community Engagement Co-ordinator, Edinburgh Partnership; Linda Johnston, Corporate Service Improvement Manager, North Lanarkshire Council. 4. Draft Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received. 5. Draft Third National Planning Framework (NPF3) and Review of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Draft Third National Planning Framework (NPF3) and Review of the Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). Finance Committee 7th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Elspeth Orcharton , Director, Corporate and International Taxation , and Charlotte Barbour , Head of Taxation, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland; John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation. 2. UK Budget: The Committee will take evidence from— Paul Johnson, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 7th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4, consideration of a draft report on NPF3 and future consideration of further draft reports on NPF3, in private. 2. Housing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— 4 Councillor Harry McGuigan, Spokeperson for Community Wellbeing and Safety, Silke Isbrand, Policy Manager, Community Resourcing Team, Housing, and David Brewster, Senior Environmental Health Officer, COSLA; Jim Hayton, South Lanarkshire Council, and Tony Cain, Head of Housing and Customer Service, Stirling Council, ALACHO. 3. Queensferry Crossing - Project team update: The Committee will take evidence from— David Climie, Project Director, and Lawrence Shackman, Project Manager, Forth Replacement Crossing Team, Transport Scotland. 4. Draft Third National Planning Framework: The Committee will consider a draft report. Public Audit Committee 4th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 3 1. Section 23 reports - NHS Financial Performance 2012/13; and Management of patients on NHS waiting lists - audit update (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received at its meeting on 19 February 2014 and take evidence from— Angela Canning, Assistant Director, Tricia Meldrum, Senior Manager, and Jillian Matthew, Project Manager, Audit Scotland. 2. Scotland Act 2012 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on a framework for auditing the Scottish Rate of Income Tax. 3. Section 23 report - Scotland’s colleges 2013 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Auditor General for Scotland’s report entitled "Scotland’s Colleges 2013." Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 6th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. The Scottish Government’s implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy and Scotland Rural Development Programme 2014-20: The Committee will take evidence from— Andrew Midgley, Head of Policy, Scottish Land and Estates Ltd; Peter Cook, independent adviser; Professor Bill Slee, Researcher, Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences, The James Hutton Institute; Davy McCracken, Professor in Upland Land Use Systems and Head of Hill and Mountain Research Centre, Scotland’s Rural College; Pete Ritchie, Executive Director, Nourish Scotland; James Graham, Chief Executive, Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society Limited; Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive, Confor; Vicki Swales, Scottish Environment Link; 5 Andy Tharme, Project Manager, Scottish Borders Land Use Strategy pilot, Scottish Borders Council. 2. Draft Third National Planning Framework (NPF3) (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 6 Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Rural Affairs and the Environment 1. John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that environmental legislation and guidelines do not have a disproportionately negative impact on the species, homo sapiens. (S4O-02957) 2. Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the recommendations of the Scottish Dairy Review: "Ambition 2025". (S4O-02958) 3. Dennis Robertson: [Withdrawn] 4. Claudia Beamish: To ask the Scottish Government what the implications for the marine environment and marine industries are of the delay to the National Marine Plan. (S4O-02960) 5. Joan McAlpine: To ask the Scottish Government what benefits independence could bring to the forestry industry. (S4O-02961) 6. Christina McKelvie: To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has taken to help protect householders living near rivers from flooding. (S4O-02962) 7. Anne McTaggart: To ask the Scottish
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