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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 63/2013 Monday 22 April 2013 BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 63/2013 Monday 22 April 2013 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 22 April 2013 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 17 April 2013 Tuesday 23 April 2013 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend James Falconer, Hospital Chaplain, Aberdeen Children’s Hospital followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Welfare Reform Committee Debate: Impact of Welfare Reform on Scotland (for text of motion S4M-06244 see Section F) followed by Preliminary Stage Debate: The National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill (for text of motion S4M-06243 see Section F) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-06097 Alex Johnstone: Welcome to the National Cricket Teams of Japan (for text of motion see Section F) Wednesday 24 April 2013 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 18 April 2013) followed by Ministerial Statement: Making the Most of Scotland’s Canals followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Justice followed by Business Motions 3 followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.30 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-05708 Jamie Hepburn: Future of Scotland’s Crown Post Offices (for text of motion see Section F) Thursday 25 April 2013 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 18 April 2013) 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 12.30 pm Members’ Business – S4M-05930 John Pentland: Workers’ Memorial Day 2013 (for text of motion see Section F) 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Stage 1 Debate: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 30 April 2013 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 1 May 2013 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 4 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Rural Affairs and the Environment; Justice and the Law Officers followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 2 May 2013 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 Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 5 Business Bulletin: Monday 22 April 2013 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 Health and Sport Committee 23 April 2013 12th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in Committee Room 1 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— National Health Service Superannuation Scheme etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/109) 2. Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1, in round-table format, from— Gerry Wells, Head of Service, Quarriers; Graham Bell, Chief Executive, Kibble Education and Care Centre; Richard Crosse, Crossreach; Jean Urquhart, Chair of Authorised Listeners Group, Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service; Richard Meade, Public Affairs Officer, Barnardo’s Scotland; and then from— Duncan Dunlop, Chief Executive, Who Cares? Scotland; Zachari Duncalf, Ambassador, Care Leavers Association; Jacquie Pepper, Senior Inspector, and Karen Anderson, Director of Strategic Development, Care Inspectorate. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 30 April, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence on the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill (National Confidential Forum). For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. 7 Education and Culture Committee 23 April 2013 12th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. The Committee will also decide whether its consideration of an approach paper on the McCormac Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland, and a draft report on the Royal Charter’s implications for Scotland should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. The Royal Charter - the implications for Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Magnus Llewellin, Editor, The Herald; Alan Cochrane, Scottish Editor, The Telegraph; Andrew Harries, Editor, The Scottish Sun; and then from— Alan Miller, Commissioner, Scottish Human Rights Commission; Margaret Watson, Witness to the Leveson Inquiry; and then from— Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Peter Willman, Head of Branch, Broadcasting and Creative Industries, and Greig Walker, Solicitor, Economy and Transport Division, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 3. The Royal Charter - the implications for Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence heard on the Royal Charter and its implications for Scotland. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 30 April, the Committee will consider a report on broadcasting. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Justice Committee 23 April 2013 12th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Peter Lockhart, Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland; 8 Murdo Macleod QC, Faculty of Advocates; Professor Alan Miller, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission; and then from— Colin McConnell, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service; John Watt, Chairman, and Heather Baillie, Vice Chair, Parole Board for Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2013 (SSI 2013/112); Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/122). 4. Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012: The Committee will consider issues relating to the operation of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 30 April, the Committee will continue taking evidence on the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Finance Committee 24 April 2013 12th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Scotland Act 2012: The Committee will take evidence on the implications of the financial powers arising from the Scotland Act 2012 from— Professor Gerald Holtham, Chair, Independent Commission for Funding and Finance for Wales; and then, in a round-table format, from— Jeremy Peat, Director, The David Hume Institute; David Bell, Professor of Economics, University of Stirling; David Ulph, Professor and Head of School of Economics and Finance, St Andrews University; Drew Scott, Professor of European Union Studies, University of Edinburgh; John McLaren, Centre for Public Policy for Regions, University of Glasgow; Ken Gibb, Professor in Housing Economics, University of Glasgow. 9 3. Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 1 May, the Committee expects to take evidence on
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