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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 132/2013 Wednesday 18 September 2013 BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 132/2013 Wednesday 18 September 2013 Summary of Today’s Business Meetings of Committees 9.30 am Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Committee Room 2 9.30 am Finance Committee Committee Room 3 9.30 am Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Committee Room 6 Environment Committee 10.00 am Public Audit Committee Committee Room 4 ___________________________________________________________________ Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Portfolio Questions Health and Wellbeing followed by Scottish Government Debate: Scotland’s Future followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-07599 Nanette Milne: Marie Curie, Signpost to Palliative Care 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 18 September 2013 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 24th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2 1. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2014-15, in roundtable format, from— Fraser Kelly, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Scotland; David Lonsdale, Assistant Director, CBI Scotland; Gordon McGuiness, Head of Industry Engagement and Employer Offer, Skills Development Scotland; Ruchir Shah, Policy Manager, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations; Dave Watson, Scottish Organiser, UNISON Scotland; and then from— Dr Sam Gardner, Head of Policy, WWF Scotland; Elizabeth Gore, Deputy Director, Energy Action Scotland; Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy, Scottish Renewables. 2. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15 (in private): The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. Finance Committee 22nd Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 3 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from— Alistair Gaw, Head of Support to Children and Young People, City of Edinburgh Council; Magnus Inglis, Performance and Planning Officer, Getting it Right for Every Midlothian Child Partnership; Inez Murray, Chair, National Day Nurseries Association, Glasgow Network; and then from— 3 Jim Carle, Child Health Commissioner, NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Sally Egan, Associate Director and Child Health Commissioner, NHS Lothian; Clare Mayo, Policy Advisor, Royal College of Nursing; and then from— Tim Barraclough, Deputy Director, Childrens Rights and Wellbeing, Scott MacKay, Finance Business Partner, Education and Lifelong Learning, and Phil Raines, Head of Child Protection and Childrens Legislation Policy, Scottish Government. 3. Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the written evidence and consider its submission to the lead committee on the Financial Memorandum. Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 26th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 6 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 SSI 2013/221; Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 SSI 2013/222. 2. Agricultural issues: The Committee will take evidence on a variety of agricultural issues including: agricultural rent reviews; agricultural holdings issues; the Scottish Government’s response to the court ruling on the Salvesen v Riddell case; and the Common Agricultural Policy from— Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, David Barnes, Deputy Director, Agriculture and Rural Development, Fiona Leslie, Policy Manager, Land Tenure, and David Balharry, Project Team Leader, ECHR Compliance Order, Scottish Government. 3. Raasay sporting rights lease: The Committee will take evidence from— Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Drew Sloan, Chief Agricultural Officer, and Jonathan Pryce, Director for Agriculture, Food and Rural Communities, Scottish Government. Public Audit Committee 12th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 4 1. Declaration of interests: Hugh Henry will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose a Convener. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. 4. Section 23 report - Managing early departures from the Scottish public sector: The Committee will consider a response from the Scottish Government 4 on the Auditor General for Scotland’s report entitled "Managing early departures from the Scottish public sector". 5. Scotland Act 2012: The Committee will consider the written submissions received and its approach to reporting on a framework for auditing the Scottish rate of income tax. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its future work programme and working practices. 5 Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Portfolio Questions Health and Wellbeing 1. Hanzala Malik: To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what issues were discussed. (S4O-02382) 2. Liz Smith: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all families with children up to two years old have regular access to a health visitor. (S4O-02383) 3. Ken Macintosh: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing’s letter of 22 February 2013 to NHS boards encouraging them to support a culture of openness among staff. (S4O-02384) 4. Anne McTaggart: To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that people who care for stroke patients are given a carer’s assessment. (S4O-02385) 5. Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Government to what extent personal circumstances are taken into account when considering middle-aged men for a free health check. (S4O-02386) 6. Richard Lyle: To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS pays each year in PFI service charges. (S4O-02387) 7. Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to The Review of NHS Pharmaceutical Care of Patients in the Community. (S4O- 02388) 8. Jenny Marra: To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of female genital mutilation have been made to the police by NHS staff since 2005. (S4O-02389) 9. Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding the filling of vacant positions. (S4O- 02390) 10. Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Grampian and what issues were discussed. (S4O-02391) 11. Joan McAlpine: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s decision not to recommend the introduction of the meningitis B vaccine. (S4O-02392) 6 12. Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of the Douglas Street treatment suite in Hamilton and whether NHS Lanarkshire plans to introduce similar services elsewhere. (S4O-02393) 13. Malcolm Chisholm: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the inspection of older people programme to include NHS continuing care beds. (S4O- 02394) 14. Alex Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Government what recent action it has taken to reduce waiting times at accident and emergency departments. (S4O-02395) 15. George Adam: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle bowel cancer. (S4O-02396) 16. Clare Adamson: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to warn parents and carers of the danger from children swallowing laundry or dishwater tablets. (S4O-02397) 17. Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Government what the implications are of the proposals in the Draft Budget 2014-15 for the resource budget of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. (S4O-02398) 18. Margaret Mitchell: To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the changes to the treatment room suite in Hamilton, what action it is taking to review the patient experience. (S4O-02399) 19. Jean Urquhart: To ask the Scottish Government what
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